Algorithms - Introduction
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- Q1Which one of these spellings is correct?AlgorithmAlgorhythmAlgaerithmAlgarhythm30s
- Q2Algorithms help us to solve problems or get things done. Algorithms are a list of _____.StepsNumbersLettersCodes30s
- Q3Connor is writing down a simple algorithm. He writes down all the steps. The steps must be:BackwardsAll jumbled upIn the wrong orderIn the right order30s
- Q4Computers need algorithms to work. They need to be told the steps to make things happen. An algorithm is like a list of instructions. But it’s not just computers that need instructions. We do, too. Which one of these everyday examples is an algorithm?A poemLoud musicBright coloursA cake recipe30s
- Q5There is a big red square painted on the school playground. Mrs Smith is a teacher. She takes her class out to the playground. Mrs Smith gives instructions about how to walk once round the big red square. Mrs Smith asks Alice to stand at one corner of the big red square. Mrs Smith tells Alice to walk to the next corner of the square. She then tells Alice to turn right. What is Mrs Smith’s next instruction to Alice?Turn leftWalk to the next cornerTurn rightWalk backwards30s
- Q6Which one of these is an algorithm?Giving a robot a nameListening to a robotWatching a robotTelling a robot how to walk once round a square30s
- Q7Luke thinks about getting up in a morning. He writes an algorithm. Luke writes down the steps, one by one. The first step he writes down is: ‘Wake up’. What is the next step?Put on clothesGet out of bedBrush teethHave shower30s
- Q8Luke now writes an algorithm just for brushing his teeth. Which one of these steps does he write down first?Open toothpasteRinse with cold waterSpit outBrush teeth30s
- Q9Computers can be told how to do sums. Which one of these is a sum?Adding up tens and unitsColouring a pictureWriting a storyRunning round the playground30s
- Q10How do you write an algorithm?In any orderAs a storyOne step at a timeAs a poem30s