Personal welcome card
Ask for first name and favourite hobby. Display a three-line welcome message that includes both answers.
Check your program: Two input prompts; exactly three output lines; try two different names.
Skills: Chapters 1–5
TUTORSYNTAX PYTHON FIRST STEPS
Six Python coding challenges
Take the next step from reading code to building your own. These six challenges follow the final activities in Python Programming: First Steps. Use the hints and test cases, then download blank starter files to write your own solutions.
WHEN YOU'VE HAD A GO
Hints, testing and solutions
Unstuck on a challenge? Start with a hint, then reveal a short plan and worked code only when you are ready.
Before you start: open a Python 3 editor, plan the input and output, predict a test result, then run and improve your program. These are original TutorSyntax teaching tasks, not official exam-board questions. All six starters are intentionally unfinished.
Pocket-money planner
Ask for an allowance and a purchase cost using float(). Calculate the balance and round it to two decimal places.
Check your program: £10.00 and £3.50 → £6.50; £5.00 and £7.00 → −£2.00 (overspending).
Skills: Chapters 1–5
Ticket price checker
Ask for a customer age. Under age 13 costs £4; everyone else costs £7. Use a decision to display the correct ticket price.
Check your program: Age 12 → £4; age 13 → £7. Think carefully about the boundary.
Skills: Chapters 6–8
Multiples trainer
Ask for a whole number. Use a for loop to print its first five multiples.
Check your program: Input 3 → 3, 6, 9, 12, 15. Stretch: repeat until the user types stop.
Skills: Chapters 6–8
Random revision picker
Store at least five school subjects in a list and use random.choice() to select a subject to revise.
Check your program: Every result should come from your list; repeat several times to observe variability.
Skills: Chapters 9–11
Simple quiz scoreboard
Store five quiz scores in a list. Use a loop and a condition to count scores of 5 or more.
Check your program: Scores [4, 7, 9, 2, 6] → 3 passes out of 5 scores checked.
Skills: Chapters 6–10