Python Challenges - 101 Computing

Endurance Shipwreck Search Expedition

Administrator — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:48:22 +0000

The story of the Endurance shipwreck is one of the most remarkable survival tales in the history of exploration, highlighting the endurance and courage of Ernest Shackleton and his crew during their expedition in the early 20th century. In 1914,…

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Storage Devices Python Challenge

Administrator — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:58:11 +0000

The aim of this challenge is to create an “Odd One Out” quiz on storage devices using Python. But let’s first revisit the main technologies used by storage devices in a computer system. We can categorise all the storage devices…

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Mountains Elevation Quiz

Administrator — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:05:48 +0000

For this quiz we will use a data set of 10 of the most iconic mountains in the world. (Not that these are not necessary to top 10 highest mountains in the world). Here is our data set, displayed as…

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World Buildings Quiz!

Administrator — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:39:18 +0000

For this challenge you are going to create a quiz based on some of the most iconic buildings in the world. We have selected a collection of 20 buildings with their name, height in meters and location. This data is…

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Smoothies Ingredients Data Set

Administrator — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:01:21 +0000

For this programming challenge, we are going to practise reading and extracting data from a JSON file. We will be using a JSON file storing information about the ingredients and recipes for 20 different smoothies. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) JavaScript…

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The Coffee Shop – Price Calculator

Administrator — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:50:38 +0000

Your local coffee shop would like to set up a touchscreen tablet on the counter for the baristas to quickly calculate the cost of the cups of coffee ordered by the customers. Here are the options available when ordering a…

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School Room Finder

Administrator — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:41:30 +0000

Your school is organising an open evening event where prospective parents will be able to visit the different classrooms and departments to get to find out more about the school and meet with the teachers. Parents have been given a…

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Circular Maze Challenge

Administrator — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:04:22 +0000

The aim of this challenge is to use Python Turtle to trace a path to solve this circular maze. By doing so we will investigate how we can draw different arcs of different radiuses and different lengths to guide the…

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Pronic Numbers Challenge

Administrator — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:43:28 +0000

A pronic number is a number which is the product of two consecutive integers. For instance 42 is a pronic number because 42 = 6 x 7. One approach to work out if a number n is a pronic number…

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Olympics Host Cities (CSV Challenge)

Administrator — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:26:09 +0000

For this challenge we are going to work with a list of host cities of the Olympic Games since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Our list will include both Summer and Winter games. This information is stored in a…

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