Keyword for Grade 5 and 6

What is the Algorithm?

Answer explanation

Algorithm – a set of precise instructions for solving a problem

Application software -

• programs that are written for a specific task or set of tasks, such as text processing software, media players or games

• the instruction in a program that instructs it to perform different actions depending on whether the condition is ‘true’ or ‘false’. Also known as a Selection statement

• a set of precise instructions for solving a problem

• a data value that stays the same each time a program is run, for example the starting values within a game

Answer explanation

Application software – programs that are written for a specific task or set of tasks, such as text processing software, media players or games

Conditional statement –

Answer explanation

Conditional statement – the instruction in a program that instructs it to perform different actions depending on whether the condition is ‘true’ or ‘false’. Also known as a Selection statement.

Constant –

• the taking of a complex problem and breaking it down into smaller parts that are easier to solve

• the content of data within a variable, for example whether it is text or numeric

• a data value that stays the same each time a program is run, for example the starting values within a game

• the instruction in a program that instructs it to perform different actions depending on whether the condition is ‘true’ or ‘false’. Also known as a Selection statement.

Data type

Decomposition –

Answer explanation

Decomposition – the taking of a complex problem and breaking it down into smaller parts that are easier to solve

Flowchart –

Answer explanation

Flowchart – a diagram that uses a standard set of symbols, including arrows, to represent each step of an algorithm. The symbols are used to represent different types of instruction.

Loop –

operating system -

• software that supports a computer’s basic functions.

• a programming data type that stores numbers that contain decimal places.

• a section of code that is repeated within a program

• the content of data within a variable, for example whether it is text or numeric

Real –