Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 548 · 40 questions

Study tip (Mix it up): Interleaving: mixed sets, old and new topics together, switching topic each question. Blocked: one type, page by page. Read each question for clues: “%” → percentage; “m by m” or tiles → area; “a : b” → ratio; 3/4 → fractions. Block when first learning; mix for revision and exam practice.

1. 1.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) ratio (b) area (c) percentage (d) fractions
2. 2.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) same type, page by page (d) only fraction sums
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it needs no thinking
7. 7.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) same type, page by page
9. 9.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one topic all evening (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
11. 11.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
15. 15.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
16. 16.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) one topic for weeks
19. 19.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) old and new topics mixed (c) all area sums together (d) only fraction sums
20. 20.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
25. 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
26. 26.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) switching topic each sum (c) all area sums together (d) one topic all evening
27. 27.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) same type, page by page
29. 29.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) one percentage page (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) area sums only
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) all area sums together (d) one topic all evening
31. 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one topic all evening (c) algebra and area mixed (d) same type, page by page
33. 33.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one formula, 20 times
35. 35.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) area (c) percentage (d) fractions
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one formula, 20 times
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) old and new topics mixed (c) all area sums together (d) algebra and area mixed
39. 39.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) never at all (c) when first learning (d) the night before exams
40. 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) old and new topics mixed

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