Unit 7 – Algorithm Design and Problem Solving

Unit 8 – Programming -- Worksheet 1

Grade: 9
Name of the Student:Vasegaran MR

1 Write an algorithm in pseudocode to input 1000 numbers. Count how many numbers are positive and
how many numbers are zero. Then output the results.

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2 (a) Find the four errors in the pseudocode and suggest corrections.
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(b) Show, using pseudocode, how you would change the corrected algorithm to print out any numbers
between 100 and 200 inclusive.

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3 Explain the difference between the programming concepts of sequence and selection.
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4 An algorithm is written in pseudocode:

(a) Describe the purpose of the

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(b) Re-write the algorithm in pseudocode using a different type of

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(c) Describe how you could modify the original algorithm shown at the start of question 4, to allow any

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5 Write an algorithm, using pseudocode, to input three different numbers, multiply the two larger numbers
together and output the result. Use the variables: Number1, Number2 and Number3 for your numbers and
Answer for your result.

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6 An algorithm has been written in pseudocode to input 50 numbers and total only the positive numbers.
Find the four errors in the pseudocode and suggest a correction for each error. Error

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(c) Show how you would change the corrected algorithm to only total numbers greater than 0 and

less than 20.

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7 Name the three types of loop structure used in

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