ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Word Scramble: Representing Data with Numbers and Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 85–104)
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Word scramble
Unscramble the letters and write each key term on the line.
1
ADTA PETY
The kind of value you have. Look at what it is: a number to count or calculate with, text in quote marks, or an answer that is only true or false. A postcode is text, not a number.
2
TEOCAAINNCTON
Gluing two pieces of text end to end into one, so "sun" and "shine" make "sunshine". It joins text together; it does not add numbers, so "3" and "4" make "34".
3
ESOCOH A TADA PEYT
Ask what you will do with the value: calculate with it (number), join or show it (text), or answer yes/no (true/false). A phone number is text because you never add it.
4
TNEDSE FI
A second IF written inside the THEN or ELSE path of the first IF. It is only checked when that path is taken. Indent it and give each IF its own END IF.
5
DNA / RO
AND is true only when both conditions are true. OR is true when at least one is true. Saturday AND sunny needs both; Saturday OR sunny needs just one.
Answer Key
ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 · Modules 85–104
1ADTA PETY → data type — The kind of value you have. Look at what it is: a number to count or calculate with, text in quote marks, or an answer that is only true or false. A postcode is text, not a number.
2TEOCAAINNCTON → concatenation — Gluing two pieces of text end to end into one, so "sun" and "shine" make "sunshine". It joins text together; it does not add numbers, so "3" and "4" make "34".
3ESOCOH A TADA PEYT → choose a data type — Ask what you will do with the value: calculate with it (number), join or show it (text), or answer yes/no (true/false). A phone number is text because you never add it.
4TNEDSE FI → nested IF — A second IF written inside the THEN or ELSE path of the first IF. It is only checked when that path is taken. Indent it and give each IF its own END IF.
5DNA / RO → AND / OR — AND is true only when both conditions are true. OR is true when at least one is true. Saturday AND sunny needs both; Saturday OR sunny needs just one.