Ten additional coding tasks · W001–W010
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Chapter 1 starters ↓Chapter 1 worked examples ↓Create a two-line welcome screen for a Python coding club.
Use print() once for each line.
print("Welcome to the coding club!")
print("Today we are learning Python.")
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Store a first name in a variable and display a welcoming message.
Join text using a comma in print().
name = "Sam"
print("Hello", name)
print("Enjoy coding!")
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Calculate the area and perimeter of a 7 by 4 rectangle.
Area multiplies; perimeter adds both pairs of sides.
width = 7
height = 4
area = width * height
perimeter = 2 * (width + height)
print("Area:", area, "Perimeter:", perimeter)
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Convert 135 minutes into hours and remaining minutes.
// finds whole hours; % finds the remainder.
minutes = 135
hours = minutes // 60
remaining = minutes % 60
print(hours, "hours and", remaining, "minutes")
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Calculate the total cost of five £1.25 notebooks and three 80p pencils.
Use * before adding the two subtotals.
notebooks = 5 * 1.25
pencils = 3 * 0.80
total = notebooks + pencils
print(f"Total: £{total:.2f}")
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Convert a temperature of 21°C to Fahrenheit.
F = C × 9/5 + 32.
celsius = 21
fahrenheit = celsius * 9 / 5 + 32
print(f"{celsius}C is {fahrenheit:.1f}F")
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Calculate how much six 50p coins and four 20p coins are worth in pounds.
Convert the total number of pence to pounds at the end.
pennies = 6 * 50 + 4 * 20
pounds = pennies / 100
print(f"£{pounds:.2f}")
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Find the arithmetic mean of three scores: 8, 10 and 12.
Sum the three scores, then divide by three.
scores = [8, 10, 12]
average = sum(scores) / len(scores)
print("Average score:", average)
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Work out the total distance for a 12.5km cycle and a 3.75km walk.
Add the decimal values and format to two decimal places.
cycle_km = 12.5
walk_km = 3.75
print(f"Total distance: {cycle_km + walk_km:.2f} km")
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Split a £48 restaurant bill equally between four people.
Division with / produces a decimal value.
bill = 48
people = 4
each = bill / people
print(f"Each person pays £{each:.2f}")
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