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Computing Devices 1 - 19th Century

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name

Class

Date

•It consisted of a rectangular box with eight movable wheels.

•It was capable of performing addition and subtraction.

ABACUS

Napier Bones

Pascaline calculator

Leibniz calculator

Use the John Napier’s bones below to multiply 678 by 5.

3490

4171

3390

3690

What was the first calculator?

ABACUS

Napier Bones

Pascaline calculator

Leibniz calculator

Where and when was the abacus invented?

in Egypt around 5000 BCE

in Europe around 250 BCE

in Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE

in Africa around 500 BCE

Which of the following computing devices did not exist in the pre-computing age to the 19th century?

Napier's bone

Abacus

ENIAC

Slide Rule

The gear-based calculating device, built by Gottfried Leibniz in 1694, was known as ___

the step reckoner

the astrolabe

the slide rule

the difference engine

Militaries were among the first to apply computing to complex problems, such as ___

determining quantities of explosives

calculating range tables

modelling cannon shapes

performing combustion analysis

The computing devices invented by Charles Babbage are?

Difference Engine and Abacus

Analytical Engine and Slide Rule

Abacus and Slide Rule

Analytical and Difference Engines

In 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a mechanical device called ___

the step reckoner

the difference reckoner

the difference engine

the step engine

10.

Herman Hollerith's “electro-mechanical” tabulating machine was used during the census of ___

1860

1890

1960

1990

11.

1. The analytical engine was invented by Charle Babbage in ____ year. It has all the major features of the modern computer system.

1733

1833

1933

1633

12.

Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.

Pascaline

Abacus

Stepped Reckoner

Difference Engine

13.

Today you can wear your native attire with different designs on it. In 1801 was invented to make such designs.

Leibnitz multiplier

Analytical engine

Jacquard's loom

Slide rule

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Computing Devices 1 - 19th Century

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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