Year 9 Programming Mini Assessment

Look at the following program source code.  When the program is run, the sum of the numbers are not printed out.  Explain why this is so. (1)

num1 = input('What is your first number? ')

num2 = input('What is your second number? ')

num3 = input('What is your third number? ')

num4 = input('What is your fourth number? ')

num5 = input('What is your fifth number? ')

Sum = num1+num2+num3+num4+num5

print('The sum is: ', sum)

Add a welcome message to the first line of the code above (1)

What are the two modes available to learning how to program in Python? (2)

Rewrite the following statement in a strict syntax of Python. (3)

if <condition> is true then print <message A> else print <message B.

Write the code for Python below for a program that performs the following: (4)

1. Prints a typical welcome message

2. Followed by a request to input one’s name and age

3. Assigns these two items of data to variables

4. Outputs the message:

‘Nice to meet you <name variable>, you are <age variable> years old!’

Jenny is trying to write a program for her youth club which asks the user to type in their age.  If the user’s age is between 10 and 14, then they are eligible to be members.  That means, a child who is 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 can join. If they are not in this age range, they are not eligible to be members.  Here is her program:

When Jenny tries to run this program, it will not work.  Correct the program above by inserting your proposals in the appropriate places. (4)

Type the full lines of code to show corrections.

What is casting?

Give me 3 datatypes and an example of each.