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Python as a calculator

Python is perfectly suited to do basic calculations. Apart from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, there is also support for more advanced operations such as:

  • Exponentiation: **. This operator raises the number to its left to the power of the number to its right. For example 4**2 is 4 to the power of 2 and will give 16.
  • Modulo: %. This operator returns the remainder of the division of the number to the left by the number on its right. For example 18 % 7 equals 4 because 7 fits into 18 twice, leaving you with a remainder of 4.

The code in the script gives some examples.

Now it's your turn to practice!

Instructions
100 XP
  • Change the values of the numbers shown to see how Python performs addition and subtraction.
  • Change the values of the numbers shown to see how multiplication, division, modulo, and exponentiation works in Python.
  • Calculate and print 2 to the power of 5.
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