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    ALGORITHMIC

                                       3                                               THINKING

                      PRIMARY PREVIEW

                         Understanding Algorithm                           Writing Simple Algorithms
                         Logical Thinking and Decision Making              Flow of Instructions
                         Debugging Simple Problems                         Algorithm in Real-life

                      You must have followed a recipe to bake cookies or given a friend step-by-step
                      directions to your house. If so, then you have already used algorithmic thinking

                      without even knowing it. In this chapter, you will learn how to think like a computer
                      and  a  detective.  You  will break  problems  into  small  steps,  make  decisions,  fix

                      mistakes and see how algorithms are everywhere around you.

                      UNDERSTANDING ALGORITHM

                      An  algorithm  is  simply  a  set  of step-by-step  instructions  that  are  followed  in  a
                      specific order to solve a problem or complete a task.

                      Think of an algorithm like a very detailed recipe. A recipe tells you exactly what

                      ingredients to use, how much of each and in what order to do things. If you skip a
                      step or do things in the wrong order, your cake might not turn out right. The same
                      is true for algorithms.

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