Electronics Worksheet: Loops and Variables
Remember (Trace every pass): count = count + k adds k each time round; after n rounds: start + n × k. A loop inside a loop runs outer × inner times. while (condition) repeats until the condition is false — count the rounds as you trace.
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- 1.🔁 What does a variable do in a program? (a) joins two wires (b) measures light (c) stores a value (d) blinks an LED
- 2.🔁 What does “count = count + 1” do? (a) takes 1 away (b) sets count to 1 (c) prints 1 (d) adds 1 to count
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3.🔁 x = 1
repeat 1 time { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
4.🔁 repeat 3 times { repeat 3 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
5.🔁 repeat 4 times { repeat 6 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
6.🔁 x = 5
repeat 1 time { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
7.🔁 x = 1
repeat 3 times { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
8.🔁 count = 1
while (count < 10) { count = count + 3 }
How many times does the loop run? -
9.🔁 total = 0
for i = 1 to 7 { total = total + i }
What is total at the end? -
10.🔁 count = 5
repeat 7 times { count = count + 7 }
What is count at the end? -
11.🔁 total = 0
for i = 1 to 8 { total = total + i }
What is total at the end? -
12.🔁 count = 10
repeat 7 times { count = count + 2 }
What is count at the end? -
13.🔁 count = 1
while (count < 41) { count = count + 5 }
How many times does the loop run? -
14.🔁 count = 2
repeat 8 times { count = count + 9 }
What is count at the end? -
15.🔁 repeat 2 times { repeat 5 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
16.🔁 x = 1
repeat 4 times { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
17.🔁 x = 5
repeat 4 times { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
18.🔁 total = 0
for i = 1 to 6 { total = total + i }
What is total at the end? -
19.🔁 count = 2
repeat 10 times { count = count + 5 }
What is count at the end? -
20.🔁 count = 0
while (count < 20) { count = count + 5 }
How many times does the loop run? -
21.🔁 count = 0
repeat 9 times { count = count + 5 }
What is count at the end? -
22.🔁 repeat 3 times { repeat 6 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
23.🔁 count = 1
while (count < 19) { count = count + 3 }
How many times does the loop run? -
24.🔁 count = 10
repeat 4 times { count = count + 6 }
What is count at the end? -
25.🔁 repeat 5 times { repeat 4 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
26.🔁 repeat 3 times { repeat 5 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
27.🔁 count = 5
repeat 2 times { count = count + 2 }
What is count at the end? -
28.🔁 count = 0
while (count < 12) { count = count + 2 }
How many times does the loop run? -
29.🔁 repeat 5 times { repeat 2 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
30.🔁 repeat 2 times { repeat 6 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
31.🔁 repeat 4 times { repeat 4 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
32.🔁 repeat 3 times { repeat 4 times { beep } }
How many beeps are there? -
33.🔁 x = 2
repeat 5 times { x = x × 2 }
What is x at the end? -
34.🔁 count = 3
while (count < 13) { count = count + 2 }
How many times does the loop run? -
35.🔁 count = 1
while (count < 33) { count = count + 4 }
How many times does the loop run? -
36.🔁 total = 0
for i = 1 to 4 { total = total + i }
What is total at the end? -
37.🔁 count = 9
repeat 4 times { count = count + 4 }
What is count at the end? -
38.🔁 count = 5
while (count < 17) { count = count + 3 }
How many times does the loop run? -
39.🔁 total = 0
for i = 1 to 10 { total = total + i }
What is total at the end? -
40.🔁 count = 0
repeat 3 times { count = count + 5 }
What is count at the end?
Answer key
- stores a value
- adds 1 to count
- 2
- 9
- 24
- 10
- 8
- 3
- 28
- 54
- 36
- 24
- 8
- 74
- 10
- 16
- 80
- 21
- 52
- 4
- 45
- 18
- 6
- 34
- 20
- 15
- 9
- 6
- 10
- 12
- 16
- 12
- 64
- 5
- 8
- 10
- 25
- 4
- 55
- 15
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