57. AQA GCSE (8525) SLR9 – 3.2 How to use subroutines


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AQA Specification Reference - Section 3.2.6 and 3.2.8 - 3.2.10

In this video we explore in more depth the concept of subroutines. We explain the advantages of using them and describe how to use parameters to pass data within a program and how a special sort of subroutine, a function, can return a value.

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00:00 How to use subroutines
00:14 Intro
00:19 Subroutines: Procedures and functions
00:44 Beat the dice code example
03:05 Advantages of subroutines
04:19 Subroutines in flowcharts
04:57 Recap
05:42 AQA exam pseudocode
06:20 Outro

Last updated: 01.05.25