Y7 - Computational Thinking

Which is not a pillar of computational thinking?

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Pattern recognition

• Coding

The process of breaking down a problem into smaller

manageable parts is known as...

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Pattern recognition

• Coding

The process of breaking down a problem into smaller

manageable parts is known as...

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Pattern recognition

• Coding

Why do we decompose a complex problem?

• To make it more difficult to solve

• To change the problem we have

• To make it easier to solve

Which of these is an example of

decomposition?

• Breaking the problem of organising a cake sale into smaller parts, such as who will bake the cakes and when to hold the cake sale

• Taking the problem of baking a cake and thinking

  about how we can make it the best cake possible

• Looking at what different kinds of cake can be made

It involves finding the similarities among small, decomposed problems that can help us solve more complex problems more efficiently.

• Decomposition

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

• Pattern recognition

• Coding

What is pattern recognition?

• Breaking down a complex problem into smaller problems

• Building models from patterns

• Looking for similarities among and within problems

Which of the following does NOT contain a pattern?

• All dogs have tails

• Our dogs like walks

• My dog likes swimming

Which of the following contains a pattern?

• My house has a garden

• My house and my friend's house have gardens

• My friend's house has a garden

What is an algorithm?

• A set of step-by-step instructions

• Software that analyses data

• A hardware device that stores data