Basic Concepts

Question 1

In Python, what is used to output text?

Answer 1

In Python, we use the print statement to output text.

Question 2

What does the print statement need to be followed by?

Answer 2

The print statement needs to be followed by parentheses, which enclose the output we want to generate.

Question 3

What will the output of the following code be?

print ( ‘Hello world!’)

Answer 3

Hello world!

Question 4

Fill in the blank to output “Hi”.

____(“Hi”)

Answer 4

print(“Hi”)

Question 5

How can you get python to carry out a calculation?

Answer 5

Enter a calculation directly into the print statement

Question 6

What will the output of this be:

print (2 + 2)
print (5+4-3)

Answer 6

4
6

Question 7

How can you carry out multiplications and divisions in Python

Answer 7

Python also carries out multiplication and division, using an asterisk * to indicate multiplication and a forward slash / to indicate division.

Question 8

What type of number does a single slash produce?

Answer 8

Using a single slash to divide numbers produces a decimal (or float, as it is called in programming).

Question 9

What are floats used in Python to represent?

Answer 9

Floats are used in Python to represent numbers that aren’t integers (whole numbers).

Question 10

Can computers store floats perfectly accurately?

Answer 10

Computers can’t store floats perfectly accurately, in the same way that we can’t write down the complete decimal expansion

Question 11

How can you perform exponentials in Python?

Answer 11

This operation is performed using two asterisks.

Question 12

Fill in the blank to output 5 raised to the 3rd power.

print(5___3)

Answer 12

print(5 ** 3)

Question 13

How can you do floor division in Python?

Answer 13

Floor division is done using two forward slashes

Question 14

What is floor division used to determine?

Answer 14

Floor division is used to determine the quotient of a division (the quantity produced by the division of two numbers).

Question 15

What is the output of the following code?

print (20// 6)

Answer 15

3

Question 16

How do you carry out the modulo operator?

Answer 16

The modulo operator is carried out with a percent symbol (%)

Question 17

What is the modulo operator used to give?

Answer 17

The modulo operator is used to get the remainder of a division.

Question 18

What is the output of the following code?

print (20 % 6)
print (1.25 % 0.5)

Answer 18

2
0.25

Question 19

What is the result of this code?

print (7%(5 // 2) )

Answer 19

1