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Robotics Worksheet: Robot Grid Moves

Robotics lesson 21: Moves on a grid · Set 480 · 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.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 1), 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 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (10, 0) (b) (9, 1) (c) (0, 9) (d) (9, 0)
  2. 2.🗺️ 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 2
    turn right
    forward 2
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  3. 3.🗺️ 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
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (1, 7) (b) (0, 8) (c) (7, 0) (d) (0, 7)
  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) both numbers (d) the first one
  5. 5.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 1), facing east. (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
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  6. 6.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 6), facing south. (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
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  7. 7.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 1), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 4) (b) (0, 4) (c) (1, 4) (d) (4, 1)
  8. 8.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 4), 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 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 0) (b) (0, 7) (c) (1, 6) (d) (0, 6)
  9. 9.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 6), 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
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  10. 10.🗺️ A robot faces east and turns left. Which way does it face now? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  11. 11.🗺️ 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 2
    turn left
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  12. 12.🗺️ 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 2
    turn right
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (5, 2) (b) (3, 5) (c) (2, 6) (d) (2, 5)
  13. 13.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 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
    turn left
    forward 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (3, 0) (b) (0, 3) (c) (0, 0) (d) (4, 0)
  14. 14.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 8), facing east. (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
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (7, 9) (b) (9, 9) (c) (9, 6) (d) (6, 9)
  15. 15.🗺️ Does “turn left” move the robot to a new square? (a) Yes, one square (b) No, it only turns (c) Yes, two squares (d) Yes, back to start
  16. 16.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 1), 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 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (5, 1) (b) (5, 0) (c) (6, 0) (d) (0, 5)
  17. 17.🗺️ 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 3
    turn right
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  18. 18.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 3), 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
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  19. 19.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 1), 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
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (5, 4) (b) (4, 5) (c) (4, 4) (d) (3, 4)
  20. 20.🗺️ On our grids, the square (3, 5) means … (a) 3 down and 5 left (b) 5 across and 3 up (c) 3 across and 5 up (d) 35 squares away
  21. 21.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 3), 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 left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 0) (b) (1, 0) (c) (0, 1) (d) (1, 1)
  22. 22.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 5), facing north. (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
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  23. 23.🗺️ 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 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  24. 24.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (7, 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 left
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 4) (b) (4, 4) (c) (5, 4) (d) (4, 5)
  25. 25.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (4, 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 right
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  26. 26.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 5), facing north. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 3
    turn left
    forward 3
    turn right
    forward 1
    turn right
    forward 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (3, 9) (b) (2, 9) (c) (0, 9) (d) (9, 2)
  27. 27.🗺️ 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 left
    forward 3
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 1) (b) (1, 5) (c) (5, 1) (d) (5, 0)
  28. 28.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 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
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  29. 29.🗺️ 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 left
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  30. 30.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 3), 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
    turn left
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 2
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  31. 31.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (3, 8), facing east. (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 1
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  32. 32.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 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 3
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (6, 2) (b) (2, 5) (c) (5, 2) (d) (8, 2)
  33. 33.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (8, 3), 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 2
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (1, 7) (b) (7, 3) (c) (8, 1) (d) (7, 1)
  34. 34.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 5), 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 2
    What is the first number (across) of the square where it stops?
  35. 35.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 6), 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 3
    turn left
    forward 1
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
  36. 36.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 2), facing east. (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 left
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  37. 37.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (5, 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) (0, 8) (b) (9, 0) (c) (5, 0) (d) (8, 0)
  38. 38.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (6, 7), facing south. (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
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (4, 4) (b) (6, 4) (c) (3, 4) (d) (4, 3)
  39. 39.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (2, 6), facing west. (The first number counts squares across to the east, the second counts squares up to the north.) It runs:
    forward 2
    turn right
    forward 3
    Which way does it face at the end?     (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  40. 40.🗺️ A robot is on a grid at (1, 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 right
    forward 2
    turn left
    forward 1
    turn left
    forward 1
    On which square does it stop?     (a) (2, 3) (b) (4, 2) (c) (3, 1) (d) (3, 2)

Answer key

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

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