Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 597 · 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: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) only fraction sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one chapter’s sums only
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) area (c) ratio (d) percentage
4. 4.🔀 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) fractions (c) ratio (d) area
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
6. 6.🔀 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
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) reading only (c) mixing different topics (d) skipping hard topics
8. 8.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) one percentage page (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
9. 9.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
11. 11.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) all area sums together (d) algebra and area mixed
13. 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) all area sums together (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) old and new topics mixed
15. 15.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
18. 18.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
19. 19.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it skips topics (d) it is shorter
22. 22.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) switching topic each sum (d) only fraction sums
24. 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) a shuffled set of sums
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
29. 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) all area sums together (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
30. 30.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
32. 32.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) area
34. 34.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) same type, page by page
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
39. 39.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True

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