The Year 2025

Python
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TheYear2025
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Introduction:
Inthisprojectyou’llwriteaprogramtotellyouhowoldyou’llbeinthe
year2025!
ActivityChecklist
FollowtheseINSTRUCTIONSonebyone
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Step1:Howmuch?
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1. It’snotjusttextthatyoucanprintinPython,youcanalso
printnumberstothescreen.Forexample,if8ofyourfriends
eachgaveyou£2forasponsoredsilence,youcanusethis
programtoseehowmuchmoneyyouraised:
print(8*2)
Thestar * intheprogramaboveisamultiplysign,sothe
programshouldprinttheanswerto8x2.
2. Runtheprogramabove,andyoushouldseetheanswer:
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Challenge:Pocketmoney
WriteaPythonprogramtocalculatehowmuchmoneyyou’d
makeifyouwashed12cars,andcharged£2.50foreachcar.
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Step2:Howold?
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1. Witheverythingyou’velearntsofar,youshouldbeabletowrite
aprogramtocalculatehowoldyou’llbeintheyear2025.The
Pythonprogramtocalculateyourageshouldworklikethis:
Asyoucansee,ifyouwerebornin2004,youcancalculate
yourageintheyear2025bythecalculation 2025-2004 .So
someonebornin2004willbe21yearsoldintheyear2025!If
youweren’tbornin2004youcanchangethenumberinthe
program.
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Challenge:Changingdates
Changeyourprogramtofindouthowoldsomeonebornin1998
wouldbeintheyear2025.Howoldwillsomeonebornthisyear
beintheyear2050?
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Step3:Variables
Whencompletingthechallengesabove,youhadtokeepchangingthenumbers
intheprogramforpeopleofdifferentages,andfordifferentyearsinthe
future.Itwouldbemucheasierifyoucouldasksomeonewhatyeartheywere
born,andusetheanswerinyourcalculation.That’swhatvariablesarefor!
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1. RunthisPythonprogram:
print("Whatyearwereyouborn?")
born=input()
born=int(born)
print(2025-born)
Thisprogramwaitsforyoutotypeintheyearyouwereborn,
andpressenter.Youshouldthenseehowoldyou’llbeinthe
year2025:
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Thisprogramusesthe input() functiontogettheuser’s
inputfromthekeyboard,andstoreitinavariablecalled‘born’,
sothatitcanbeusedlater.Youcanthinkofavariableasa
box,whichcanbeusedtostoreimportantdata.
Noticethatthevariable(thebox)hasbeennamed“born”,asit
helpsyourememberwhatyou’restoringinsideit!
Theline…
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print(2025-born)
…takeswhatevernumberhasbeenstoredinthe born variable
awayfrom2025.
Anythingthatistypedinfromthekeyboardisalwaysstoredas
text,soyoualsohavetousethe int() functiontoturnthe
user’sinputintoawholenumber(whichinprogrammingiscalled
aninteger).
2. Youcanmakeyourprogrammucheasiertounderstand,by
addingahelpfulmessagefortheuser,sotheyknowwhat
you’reshowingthem.Changethelastlineofyourprogramto:
print("In2025youwillbe",2025-born,"years
old!")
3. Tryrunningyourprogramagain,toseehowthischangelooks.
4. Butwhystopthere?Youcouldalsouseanothervariableto
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storetheanswerbeforeprintingitfortheuser.Trythis
programout:
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Challenge:Theyear3000!
Yourprogramonlytellspeoplewhattheiragewillbeintheyear
2025.Whatifsomeonewantstoknowtheirageintheyear
2050?Ortheyear3000?Addanothervariabletoyour
program,sothattheusercanfindouthowoldthey’llbeinany
yeartheychoose.
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Challenge:Yourageindogyears
Writeaprogramtoasktheusertheirage,andthentellthem
theirageindogyears!Youcancalculateaperson’sageindog
yearsbymultiplyingtheirageby7.
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