Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 563 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) algebra and area mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
2. 2.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
3. 3.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) algebra and area mixed
4. 4.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) same type, page by page (c) one formula, 20 times (d) all area sums together
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) old and new topics mixed
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) a shuffled set of sums
10. 10.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
13. 13.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) switching topic each sum
14. 14.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
15. 15.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) one chapter’s sums only
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
18. 18.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one formula, 20 times (d) same type, page by page
21. 21.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
27. 27.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
28. 28.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
29. 29.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it needs no thinking (c) you practise choosing (d) it skips topics
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) old and new topics mixed
31. 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) only fraction sums (c) same type, page by page (d) one chapter’s sums only
33. 33.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) area sums only
34. 34.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
37. 37.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) mixing different topics (c) reading only (d) skipping hard topics
40. 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice

Free exam preparation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/exam-preparation-tips