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[[File:Shortbread House round biscuit .jpg|thumb|300px|right|No bonus points or anything but if you bake the shortbread, please let the rest of us know!]] | [[File:Shortbread House round biscuit .jpg|thumb|300px|right|No bonus points or anything but if you bake the shortbread, please let the rest of us know!]] | ||
I found [https://www.christinascucina.com/how-to-make-shortbread/ this simple nice shortbread recipe] but I want to scale it up. Let's do it | I found [https://www.christinascucina.com/how-to-make-shortbread/ this simple nice shortbread recipe] but I want to scale it up. Let's do it Python! | ||
=== #1.1 Compute the total volume === | === #1.1 Compute the total volume === | ||
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Write some Python code to include the basic proportions in three variables <code>cups_of_flour</code> (set to 2¼), <code>cups_of_sugar</code> (set to ½) and <code>cups_of_butter</code> (set to 1). | Write some Python code to include the basic proportions in three variables <code>cups_of_flour</code> (set to 2¼), <code>cups_of_sugar</code> (set to ½) and <code>cups_of_butter</code> (set to 1). | ||
Now have your program print the total volume of shortbread dough with line that says something like <code>the total volume is SOMENUMBEROF cups"</code> | Now have your program print the total volume of shortbread dough with line that says something like <code>the total volume is SOMENUMBEROF cups"</code>. | ||
=== #1.2 Scale it up! === | === #1.2 Scale it up! === | ||
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I personally tend to bake shortbread in big sheets in deep baking pans. Lets say my baking pan can only hold 5 cups of dough. But I have three such baking pans! | I personally tend to bake shortbread in big sheets in deep baking pans. Lets say my baking pan can only hold 5 cups of dough. But I have three such baking pans! | ||
Write some Python that prints out a message to tell me if the three total amounts above (half, 3, and 5 batches) will fit in 1 | Write some Python that prints out a message to tell me if the three total amounts above (half, 3, and 5 batches) will fit in 1 pans, 2 pans, 3 pans, of it it will be too much to fit in any of my pans! | ||
== Analyzing the course description == | == Analyzing the course description == | ||
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# Now add some more code to tell if it contains any of the words "python", "statistics", or "visualization" | # Now add some more code to tell if it contains any of the words "python", "statistics", or "visualization" | ||
== #3 A program that knows its limits == | === #3 A program that knows its limits === | ||
Write code that has a variable called <code>my_variable</code> and that multiplies | Write code that has a variable called <code>my_variable</code> and that multiplies the number times 3 and prints out the answer—''but that checks to see if it's a number first but prints out a message saying that it can't do this if it's not a number.'' |