WorksheetsGrade 4 - History of Computers
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Computers are not used much in our daily lives.
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The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in the 20th century.
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The first computers were machines used for mathematical calculations.
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Abacus was first used in China around 500 B.C.
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Abacus is still in use today in some parts of the world.
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The Napier's Bones allowed operators to perform multiplication and division.
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False
The slide rule was mainly used for addition and subtraction.
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The Pascaline could only do addition and subtraction.
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The Stepped Reckoner could perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division automatically.
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The Jacquard loom was controlled by punched cards.
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Is Abacus still used in the far east today?
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Did John Napier invent the Napier's Bones in 1617?
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Did William Oughtred invent the slide rule in 1622?
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Did Blaise Pascal invent the Pascaline in 1642?
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Was the Analytical Engine proposed by Charles Babbage in 1837 considered the concept for the first general mechanical computer?
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Was the first printing calculator called the Scheutzian Calculation Engine, invented by Per Georg in 1843?
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Was the first mass-produced calculating machine invented by Thomas de Colmar in 1820?
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Was the first electro-mechanical computer known as the Harvard Mark 1?
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Was the first portable computer called the Osborne 1 released in 1981?
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