Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 600 · 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? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
2. 2.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
3. 3.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
5. 5.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) all area sums together (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
7. 7.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) algebra and area mixed
9. 9.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) same type, page by page (c) switching topic each sum (d) a shuffled set of sums
12. 12.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) one topic for weeks (c) skipping hard topics (d) mixing different topics
14. 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
15. 15.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
18. 18.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one formula, 20 times
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
20. 20.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
21. 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) same type, page by page (d) one formula, 20 times
22. 22.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
24. 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) switching topic each sum (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
25. 25.🔀 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
26. 26.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) one percentage page (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) area sums only
27. 27.🔀 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) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
29. 29.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
30. 30.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) all area sums together (d) same type, page by page
31. 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
32. 32.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) switching topic each sum (d) one topic all evening
35. 35.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) percentage (b) area (c) fractions (d) ratio
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) switching topic each sum (d) same type, page by page
38. 38.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice

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