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Study skills
How to Practise Without Getting Bored
Twenty of the same question is boring because it stopped teaching you after the fourth. Practice should stay slightly hard.
In short
Stop once it is easy
When you can do it, more of it teaches nothing. Move on.
Mix topics in one session
Switching between topics feels harder and works better, because you have to choose the method.
Make the numbers harder, not the list longer
Five awkward questions beat twenty tidy ones.
Set a small target
Six questions, or ten minutes. A finish line changes how it feels.
Turn it into a puzzle
Write your own question with the answer 24, then write a harder one.
Change where you work
A different table is often enough to reset your attention.