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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 516 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  2. 2.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) team captain (d) builder
  3. 3.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  4. 4.🏆 A robot scores 39, 51 and 45 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  5. 5.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) nothing (c) the rules (d) a comic
  6. 6.🏆 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
  7. 7.🏆 A robot scores 60, 12 and 35 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  8. 8.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  9. 9.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) note-keeper (b) builder (c) team captain (d) programmer
  10. 10.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  12. 12.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) tester
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to slow the team (c) to show off (d) to fill pages
  15. 15.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) team captain
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🏆 A robot scores 57, 61 and 59 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  18. 18.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “read the rules”? (a) plan the design (b) build and program (c) test and improve (d) compete and learn
  19. 19.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  20. 20.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) read the rules (d) plan the design
  21. 21.🏆 A team’s robot scores 88, 79 and 35 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  22. 22.🏆 A robot scores 42, 39 and 45 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  23. 23.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) builder (b) team captain (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  24. 24.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) winning at any cost (b) copying others (c) learning and fair play (d) hiding mistakes
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the event rules is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to ignore the rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) programmer
  28. 28.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  29. 29.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn
  30. 30.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏆 A robot scores 34, 54 and 33 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  32. 32.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  34. 34.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 10 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  35. 35.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  36. 36.🏆 A team’s robot scores 65, 51 and 32 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  37. 37.🏆 A robot scores 27, 45 and 36 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  38. 38.🏆 A robot scores 40, 14 and 40 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  39. 39.🏆 A robot scores 42, 27 and 17 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  40. 40.🏆 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 5 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. team captain
  3. 170
  4. 45
  5. the rules
  6. find the cause, retry
  7. 107
  8. good teamwork
  9. team captain
  10. False
  11. good teamwork
  12. builder
  13. False
  14. to learn what works
  15. tester
  16. test and improve
  17. 59
  18. plan the design
  19. poor teamwork
  20. read the rules
  21. 88
  22. 42
  23. tester
  24. learning and fair play
  25. True
  26. True
  27. programmer
  28. good teamwork
  29. build and program
  30. True
  31. 121
  32. True
  33. good teamwork
  34. 90
  35. poor teamwork
  36. 65
  37. 36
  38. 94
  39. 86
  40. 80

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