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Chapter 32 - Measurement and Control 
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Questions (Page 296)
  2 The cursor or turtle does not end up in the same place it started from and it also points in a different direction.
  3 For a triangle like this, we could use the following program;
FORWARD 50
RIGHT 120
FORWARD 50
RIGHT 120
FORWARD 50
 
Things To Do (page 297)
1(a)
  This draws a 5 X 5 square.
(b)
  REPEAT 2 [FORWARD 4 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 6 RIGHT 90] (n.b. Instructions in the bracket could be the other way round i.e. FORWARD 6 etc).
 
2(a)
  INPUT Column_number INPUT Row_number FORWARD Row_number TURN RIGHT FORWARD Column_number TAKE
(b)
  Reactors give off radiation which is very dangerous to humans.
 
3(a)
  Traces a square of side 10 units.
(b)
  FORWARD 15 RIGHT 120 FORWARD 15 RIGHT 120 FORWARD 15
(c)
  REPEAT 6 TIMES FORWARD 10 RIGHT 60 AGAIN
 
4
FORWARD 100 LEFT 90 FORWARD 50 LEFT 90 FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 50 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90 (or could be LEFT 90)
 
Examination Questions (page 355)
1
  There are many ways of doing this and this is only one method:

PEN DOWN
FORWARD 50
RIGHT 90
FORWARD 25
PEN UP
FORWARD 50
PEN DOWN
FORWARD 25
RIGHT 90
FORWARD 50
RIGHT 90
FORWARD 100
   
2(a)
  One from: Police, Ambulance, Fire brigade, driving instructor etc.
(b)
  Any two such as:
Lives are not put in danger or risk.
It is cheaper because cars are not damaged.
Can control the conditions of the drive.
Can control the location of the drive.
(c)
  Tick four boxes only
Motorway driving must be fast
Cars take longer to stop on wet roads than on dry roads
Cars over three years old must have a valid MOT certificate
The faster a car is travelling, the greater the distance needed to stop
Cars should stop at red traffic lights
Younger drives pay more for car insurance
(d)
Two such as:
Flight simulation used to train pilots to fly planes.
Used by economists to predict what will happen in certain situations (e.g. the affect of interest rate increases).