Year 8 Python 1

What is Python

• A programme to calculate

• A programme to write

• A programme to present

• A programme with high level language

Who was Guido Van Rossum

• Bill Gates friend

• Mark Zukerbergs friend

• Mr Curries friend

• Dutch inventor of Python

What does this expression in Python do:

print("Hello world") do?

• Asks what is your name?

• Literally says Hello World on screen

• sends a message to the printer to print

• Asks if you are ok?

Why is 'print' a good command?

• It sends a message to say something on screen

• it sends a message to print using paper

• it is the 1st thing learned in Python

• It demonstrates interaction between user and machine

what does the following expression do?

name = input

print ("Hello, what is your name? ")

• Is a command to ask for your name

• Is the correct command to ask about the weather

• Is the command to tell others in the class hello

• Is the command to allow the user to interact with you

What happens when you write this:

eggs = 25

print (eggs)

• It goes and asks your friend for 25 eggs

• It sends a message to the printer to print 25 pictures of eggs

• only says 25 eggs on screen

• Mixes printers with eggs

What happens when you write this:

boys = 15

girls = 14

print (boys + girls)

• It returns a total number of boys and girls

• It is not sure and unfinished

• sends a message to the printer to print the boys and girls

• Its a silly command

Why is this command a good one?

boys = 15

girls = 14

print(“The number of students in our class: ”+str(boys + girls))

• It will tell you the reason why the calculation is on screen

• I do not remember

• Mr Currie was bored and had nothing else to do

• I do not know why we are learning this

What does this command mean:

print("Dinner Money Calculation")

dinner_money = int(input("How much money have you spent today? "))

s=4.50-dinner_money

print("You can have £", s, "dinner_money")

• You tell me

• It talks about dinner money

• It will return a calculation of dinner money left

• It will help you to organise your dinner money

What is computational thinking?

• Giving instructions to a computer

• Thinking like a computer - in binary

• Using a set of techniques and approaches to help to solve problems