Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 582 · 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 shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) percentage (b) area (c) fractions (d) ratio
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
8. 8.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it skips topics (c) it needs no thinking (d) it is shorter
10. 10.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) old and new topics mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) only fraction sums
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) switching topic each sum (d) one topic all evening
13. 13.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔀 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) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
15. 15.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
17. 17.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔀 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) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
19. 19.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) fractions (b) area (c) ratio (d) percentage
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
21. 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one formula, 20 times
22. 22.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) a sign to stop (c) bad for learning (d) normal and useful
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
24. 24.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
26. 26.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) one percentage page (d) area sums only
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) algebra and area mixed (d) only fraction sums
28. 28.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) all area sums together
29. 29.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
33. 33.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
34. 34.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one topic all evening (c) all area sums together (d) switching topic each sum
35. 35.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
37. 37.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) mixing different topics (c) reading only (d) skipping hard topics
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
39. 39.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) one formula, 20 times (d) a mixed revision quiz

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