Grade 6 Computer Science — Files and folders
Read a file path, name the folder a file sits in, and use the extension to say what kind of file it is.
Name: ________________________
1.A file is saved at "Photos/Trip/beach.jpg". Write the full name of the file itself, including the part after the dot.
2.A file is saved at "Music/Songs/Old/anthem.mp3". Which folder is the file sitting directly inside?
3.A file is saved at "School/Science/Notes/plants.txt". Starting from the outside, how many folders must you open to reach the file?
- a) 3
- b) 1
- c) 4
- d) 2
4.Sort each name by whether it is a file or a folder. A file always ends with a dot and a few letters.
Groups: File · Folder
- Projects
- report.docx
- Science
- Downloads
- photo.jpg
- song.mp3
5.This is a folder tree. Tap the folder that the file sums.doc is sitting directly inside.
Write the number of the part.
6.In the same folder tree, tap the outermost folder — the one that holds everything else.
Write the number of the part.
7.Match each ending to the kind of file it marks.
- .txt
- .jpg
- .mp3
- .mp4
- .html
- Plain writing with no formatting
- A piece of sound
- A photograph or picture
- A moving video
- A page written for a web browser
8.A file is saved at "School/Science/Notes/plants.txt". Put these in the order you would open them, outermost first.
- Science
- School
- plants.txt
- Notes
Answer key — Grade 6 Computer Science — Files and folders
- 1. beach.jpg
- 2. Old
- 3. a) 3
- 4. report.docx → File; Science → Folder; song.mp3 → File; Downloads → Folder; photo.jpg → File; Projects → Folder
- 5. 2 — Math
- 6. 1 — School
- 7. .txt → Plain writing with no formatting; .jpg → A photograph or picture; .mp3 → A piece of sound; .mp4 → A moving video; .html → A page written for a web browser
- 8. 1. School 2. Science 3. Notes 4. plants.txt