Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 556 · 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.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one chapter’s sums only
3. 3.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
4. 4.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) all area sums together (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) old and new topics mixed
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
8. 8.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
11. 11.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) the night before exams (c) for every revision (d) when first learning
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) old and new topics mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) switching topic each sum
14. 14.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
15. 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
16. 16.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
18. 18.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) area
19. 19.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
21. 21.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
23. 23.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) all area sums together (d) one formula, 20 times
25. 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) percentage (b) area (c) fractions (d) ratio
26. 26.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
28. 28.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
30. 30.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) same type, page by page
31. 31.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a waste of time (c) a sign to stop (d) normal and useful
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
33. 33.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) same type, page by page (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) only fraction sums
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) one chapter’s sums only
35. 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
37. 37.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one topic all evening (d) switching topic each sum
40. 40.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) area sums only (d) algebra, area, %, mixed

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