Algorithms

What is an algorithm?

• A very complicated thing

• God knows what

  (I don't know)

• A series of step by step instructions to do a task

• A series of step by step instructions to do something or uhh... nothing else...

Algorithms can be used to ____ instructions to do a task.

Do you like algorithms?

Draw a algorithm.

James makes this algorithm.

He thinks it is complete. Is he right?

• Yes

• No

Algorithms have a input,_______ and output.

If there is a algorithm for how to bake a cake, what would be the input, process and output?

• Ingredients

• The finished cake

• The dough

• Baking the cake

• Bringing the cake on the table

Can you skip a step while making an algorithm?

• Yes

• No

Do you have to oversimplify the steps? (make the steps very simple)?

• Yes

• No

Are algorithms complicated?