Exercises for Lesson 3
Exercise 1: Operations on int
s and float
s
For this exercise, predict the output and then type each of the following commands in IDLE. We’ll discuss the results shortly.
1a: basic operations
>>> print(7 + 3.0)
>>> print(7.0 - 3.0)
>>> print(7 * 3)
>>> print(7 ** 3)
>>> print(7 / 3)
>>> print(7.0 / 3)
>>> print(7 // 3)
>>> print(7 % 3)
1b: type conversions
>>> int(2.718)
>>> round(2.718)
>>> float(2.718)
>>> float(round(2.718))
>>> float("2.718")
>>> int("2.718")
>>> float("2,718")
Exercise 2: The price of pizza
Write a program that calculates the cost per square inch of a circular pizza, given its diameter and price. The formula for area is .
(Hint: you should use the math
library!)
Exercise 3: Practice with binary
What number (in base 10) does each of the following binary numbers represent? (Note that I’ve added a space in between the groups of four to help with readability.)
a) 0110 0010
b) 1001 0010
c) 1111 1111
d) 0000 1111
e) 0101 0101
Exercise 4: Summing by accumulation
Write a program to find the sum of the first natural numbers, where the value of
is provided by the user. (Hint: you should use the accumulator pattern.)
Exercise 5: Approximating pi
Write a program that approximates the value of pi by summing the terms of this series: 4⁄1 - 4⁄3 + 4⁄5 - 4⁄7 + 4⁄9 - 4⁄11 + … . The program should prompt the user for , the number of terms to sum, and then output the sum of the first
terms of this series. Have your program subtract the approximation from the value of
math.pi
to see how accurate it is.