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Robotics Worksheet: Robot Grid Moves

Robotics lesson 21: Moves on a grid · Set 177 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (One line at a time): (x, y) = squares across (east), squares up (north). forward n: north adds n to the second number, east adds n to the first, south and west take away. turn left / turn right: change only the direction by 90°. Write the square and direction after every line.

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  1. 1.🗺️ Does “turn left” move the robot to a new square? (a) No, it only turns (b) Yes, one square (c) Yes, two squares (d) Yes, back to start
  2. 2.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (4, 5), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 5) (b) (1, 5) (c) (1, 6) (d) (5, 1)
  3. 3.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 8), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn left
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (1, 6) (b) (6, 1) (c) (2, 6) (d) (4, 6)
  4. 4.🗺️ A robot faces north and moves forward 1 square. Which number goes up by 1? (a) the second (up) one (b) neither number (c) the first one (d) both numbers
  5. 5.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 6), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (5, 7) (b) (4, 7) (c) (7, 4) (d) (4, 4)
  6. 6.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 4), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 1) (b) (1, 5) (c) (5, 1) (d) (5, 2)
  7. 7.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 7), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (1, 7) (b) (2, 5) (c) (5, 1) (d) (1, 5)
  8. 8.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (4, 8), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (4, 9) (b) (9, 3) (c) (1, 9) (d) (3, 9)
  9. 9.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 5), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (7, 4) (b) (4, 6) (c) (8, 4) (d) (6, 4)
  10. 10.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 8), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 3
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  11. 11.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 4), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (3, 3) (b) (4, 3) (c) (3, 4) (d) (0, 3)
  12. 12.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 4), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
  13. 13.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 8), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 1
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  14. 14.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 4), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (7, 5) (b) (7, 6) (c) (5, 7) (d) (8, 5)
  15. 15.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 1), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (5, 2) (b) (4, 2) (c) (4, 1) (d) (2, 4)
  16. 16.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 7), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  17. 17.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (4, 8), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  18. 18.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 6), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    turn left
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (8, 9) (b) (9, 8) (c) (9, 9) (d) (8, 7)
  19. 19.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 4), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  20. 20.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 1), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  21. 21.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 5), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  22. 22.🗺️ A robot faces east and turns left. Which way does it face now? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  23. 23.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 2), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 3
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  24. 24.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 6), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 3
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  25. 25.🗺️ On our grids, the square (3, 5) means … (a) 3 across and 5 up (b) 5 across and 3 up (c) 3 down and 5 left (d) 35 squares away
  26. 26.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 5), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  27. 27.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 4), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (3, 3) (b) (3, 4) (c) (5, 3) (d) (4, 3)
  28. 28.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 6), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  29. 29.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 4), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 1) (b) (6, 4) (c) (7, 1) (d) (1, 6)
  30. 30.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 1), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  31. 31.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 1), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  32. 32.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 7), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (0, 8) (b) (0, 9) (c) (1, 8) (d) (8, 0)
  33. 33.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 1), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 0) (b) (0, 5) (c) (5, 0) (d) (6, 0)
  34. 34.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 4), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (8, 3) (b) (9, 2) (c) (2, 8) (d) (8, 2)
  35. 35.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 7), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 8) (b) (1, 8) (c) (8, 0) (d) (0, 8)
  36. 36.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 7), facing south. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (9, 5) (b) (2, 9) (c) (10, 2) (d) (9, 2)
  37. 37.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 4), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  38. 38.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 6), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  39. 39.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 3), facing east. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  40. 40.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 8), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?

Answer key

  1. No, it only turns
  2. (1, 5)
  3. (1, 6)
  4. the second (up) one
  5. (4, 7)
  6. (5, 1)
  7. (1, 5)
  8. (3, 9)
  9. (6, 4)
  10. 0
  11. (3, 3)
  12. east
  13. 2
  14. (7, 5)
  15. (4, 2)
  16. east
  17. east
  18. (8, 9)
  19. east
  20. north
  21. north
  22. north
  23. 9
  24. 9
  25. 3 across and 5 up
  26. 5
  27. (4, 3)
  28. west
  29. (6, 1)
  30. south
  31. north
  32. (0, 8)
  33. (5, 0)
  34. (8, 2)
  35. (0, 8)
  36. (9, 2)
  37. east
  38. north
  39. north
  40. 1

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