Q.1
Computers can be told how to do sums. Which one of these is a sum?
  • Coloring a picture
  • Adding up tens and units
  • Writing a story
  • Running round the playground
Q.2
How do you write an algorithm?
  • As a story
  • One step at a time
  • As a poem
  • In any order
Q.3
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?
  • Brush teeth
  • Put on clothes
  • Have shower
  • Get out of bed
Q.4
Luke writes an algorithm just for brushing his teeth. Which one of these steps does he write down first?
  • Spit out
  • Rinse with cold water
  • Brush teeth
  • Open toothpaste
Q.5
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 cake recipe
  • Loud music
  • Bright colors
  • A poem
Q.6
Algorithms help us to solve problems or get things done. Algorithms are a list of _____.
  • Steps
  • Numbers
  • Codes
  • Letters
Q.7
Which one of these is an algorithm?
  • Telling a robot how to walk once round a square
  • Giving a robot a name
  • Watching a robot
  • Listening to a robot
Q.8
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?
  • Walk backwards
  • Turn right
  • Turn left
  • Walk to the next corner
Q.9
Connor is writing down a simple algorithm. He writes down all the steps. The steps must be:
  • Backwards
  • In the wrong order
  • All jumbled up
  • In the right order
Q.10
Which one of these spellings is correct?
  • Algorhythm
  • Algaerithm
  • Algorithm
  • Algarhythm
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