Crossword puzzle · Coding
Sorting and searching crossword · Grade 6
Solve a crossword of up to 13 words about sorting and searching from short definition clues. Builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.
- Grade 6 · ages 11 to 12
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The crossword clues
Directions: Read each clue and write the answer in the grid, one letter in each box.
- Across
- 2 Picks a pivot and splits the rest around it (9)
- 6 The way items are arranged (5)
- 7 One trip through the list (4)
- 9 Checking items one by one from the start (6, 6)
- 10 Check which of two items should come first (7)
- 11 The chosen item a list is split around (5)
- 13 The item you are looking for (6)
- Down
- 1 Repeatedly halving an ordered list to find a target (6, 6)
- 3 Exchange the places of two items (4)
- 4 Keeps swapping neighbors until nothing is out of place (6, 4)
- 5 Splits a list in half again and again, then combines in order (5, 4)
- 8 From smallest to largest (9)
- 12 How much of the list a binary search throws away each step (4)
What your child practices
Your child builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 6, ages 11 to 12
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Coding
- Level
- Medium for Grade 6
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the first across clue together so the format is clear. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 6, for practice after the topic has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Use the letter count after each clue and any crossing letters when a clue gets stuck.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Coding · Grade 6
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