Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 567 · 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 of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one topic all evening
2. 2.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it is shorter (c) it needs no thinking (d) it skips topics
3. 3.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
7. 7.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) when first learning (d) never at all
9. 9.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
10. 10.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) all area sums together (c) same type, page by page (d) old and new topics mixed
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) one topic for weeks
17. 17.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) all area sums together (d) same type, page by page
18. 18.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) all area sums together
19. 19.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
20. 20.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one topic all evening (c) same type, page by page (d) a mixed revision quiz
21. 21.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) same type, page by page (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
22. 22.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
24. 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
25. 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
26. 26.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) old and new topics mixed
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
28. 28.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) area sums only (d) 20 algebra sums only
29. 29.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a sign to stop (c) a waste of time (d) normal and useful
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
31. 31.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
35. 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
36. 36.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) a mixed revision quiz
40. 40.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area

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