Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork
Robot tip (Rules, roles, retries): Score = items × points each + bonus − penalties. Best round = the highest score; average = total ÷ number of rounds. Roles: builder, programmer, tester, team captain, note-keeper. Play fair and learn from every run.
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- 1.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 2.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) give up at once (c) find the cause, retry (d) break the robot
- 3.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) winning at any cost (b) hiding mistakes (c) copying others (d) learning and fair play
- 4.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the menu (c) a comic (d) the rules
- 5.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) builder (b) tester (c) team captain (d) programmer
- 6.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) builder (b) tester (c) programmer (d) team captain
- 7.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 8.🏆 A robot scores 47, 10 and 54 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 9.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) plan the design (b) test and improve (c) read the rules (d) compete and learn
- 10.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 6 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 11.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 5 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 12.🏆 A team’s robot scores 94, 94 and 78 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 13.🏆 A team’s robot scores 90, 27 and 71 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 14.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 15.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to fill pages (c) to learn what works (d) to slow the team
- 16.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 17.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) programmer (b) builder (c) tester (d) team captain
- 18.🏆 A robot scores 47, 69 and 58 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 19.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 21.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) test and improve
- 22.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 23.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) builder (b) team captain (c) note-keeper (d) programmer
- 24.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 25.🏆 A team’s robot scores 78, 70 and 20 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 26.🏆 A team’s robot scores 28, 86 and 44 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 27.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) tester (b) team captain (c) note-keeper (d) programmer
- 28.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 30.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 32.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 9 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 33.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) test and improve (c) compete and learn (d) read the rules
- 34.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: to copy another team is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 7 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 37.🏆 A team’s robot scores 97, 94 and 97 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 38.🏆 A robot scores 28, 59 and 48 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 39.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “compete and learn”? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn
- 40.🏆 A robot scores 38, 56 and 47 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
Answer key
- 30
- find the cause, retry
- learning and fair play
- the rules
- builder
- tester
- 90
- 111
- test and improve
- 45
- 70
- 94
- 90
- 70
- to learn what works
- 170
- builder
- 58
- True
- poor teamwork
- compete and learn
- good teamwork
- programmer
- 60
- 78
- 86
- programmer
- False
- 60
- False
- 70
- 275
- read the rules
- True
- True
- 55
- 97
- 135
- test and improve
- 47
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