A trace table question asks pupils to record the value of every variable, trip by trip, as a program runs. The code builder writes the program in AQA pseudocode, fills in the first rows and leaves the rest for the class, and because the snippet is built by construction the completed table is already right.
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Drawing a trace table by hand means working every row yourself before the lesson. Here the table follows the AQA form, one column per variable in the order each is first written, Output last, one row per trip, and a cell left empty when its variable does not change. Turn the blanks off and it becomes a worked example.
Pupils who trace AQA pseudocode as Python stop one trip early or skip the line that reads the next item, and the empty row shows exactly where that happened. Generate a new example for another go, or export the table for a worksheet.
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