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Coding · Ages 8+ · Set A
Jonah's sticker boxes
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Remember: To search a list, check one item at a time, in order. Stop as soon as you find it, and if you reach the end, it is not in the list.

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Which box?Jonah has eight boxes of stickers in a row, numbered one to eight. He needs his star sticker for the show that night, but the boxes are shut, and he cannot remember which one holds it. He opens box five, then box two, then box five again, going round in circles. Bo tilts his head. Then Bo starts at box one and opens the boxes in order. Box one holds a leaf, box two a moon, box three a shell and box four a kite. Box five holds the star, and Jonah whoops. Stop! There is no need to open boxes six, seven and eight. Later Jonah wants a rocket sticker, and Bo opens every box from one to eight. There is no rocket, so Bo says it is not in this list.
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Jonah opens box five, then box two, then box five again. Why is that a problem?
He is opening the boxes in orderHe opens one box twice and may miss anotherThe boxes are open already
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Bo opens the boxes one at a time, in .
circlesa hurryorder
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When you find what you want, you can stop looking.
TrueFalse
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Bo goes in order and stops at the star. The star is in box five. How many boxes does Bo open?
458
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Jonah now wants the shell. Bo goes in order. How many boxes does Bo open?
315
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After box four, Bo should open box one again to be sure.
TrueFalse

Search in order

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Put Bo's search plan in order.
  • Open box one
  • If not, open the next box
  • Ask: is this the one?
  • If no boxes are left, say it is not in the list
  • If it is, stop looking
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Join each idea to what it means.
  1. 1find it
  2. 2every box checked and it is missing
  3. 3open the boxes in order
  4. 4count the boxes opened
  • Ashows how many it took
  • Bit is not in the list
  • Cstop looking
  • Dno box opened twice or missed
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Mix-up to fix: Bo opens boxes 1, 2 and 3, finds no star, and says the star is not in the list. What should he do?
Open box one againSay it again, but louderOpen the rest of the boxes before he says so
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Jonah wants the moon. Bo goes in order and stops when he finds it. He opens boxes.
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Stretch: Jonah wants a rocket sticker. Bo goes in order through all eight boxes and sees no rocket. He opens boxes before he can say it is not in the list.
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Hide a coin under one of eight cups. Write how you would search for it: what you do first, next, and when you stop.
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Draw eight boxes in a row and write the numbers 1 to 8 on them.
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