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Algorithms - Introduction

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  • Q1
    Which one of these spellings is correct?
    Algorithm
    Algorhythm
    Algaerithm
    Algarhythm
    30s
  • Q2
    Algorithms help us to solve problems or get things done. Algorithms are a list of _____.
    Steps
    Numbers
    Letters
    Codes
    30s
  • Q3
    Connor is writing down a simple algorithm. He writes down all the steps. The steps must be:
    Backwards
    All jumbled up
    In the wrong order
    In the right order
    30s
  • Q4
    Computers 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 poem
    Loud music
    Bright colours
    A cake recipe
    30s
  • Q5
    There 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 left
    Walk to the next corner
    Turn right
    Walk backwards
    30s
  • Q6
    Which one of these is an algorithm?
    Giving a robot a name
    Listening to a robot
    Watching a robot
    Telling a robot how to walk once round a square
    30s
  • Q7
    Luke 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 clothes
    Get out of bed
    Brush teeth
    Have shower
    30s
  • Q8
    Luke now writes an algorithm just for brushing his teeth. Which one of these steps does he write down first?
    Open toothpaste
    Rinse with cold water
    Spit out
    Brush teeth
    30s
  • Q9
    Computers can be told how to do sums. Which one of these is a sum?
    Adding up tens and units
    Colouring a picture
    Writing a story
    Running round the playground
    30s
  • Q10
    How do you write an algorithm?
    In any order
    As a story
    One step at a time
    As a poem
    30s

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