Students are tasked to create their own code to perform a task.

• Make the user enter the length and width of a rectangle
• Calculate the area of the rectangle
• Output the area of the user’s rectangle to the screen

Be able to read, understand, trace, adapt and create Python code using selection that:

• Perform simple operations such as addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), and division (/) on fixed numbers
• Perform simple operations on numbers stored in variables
• Convert strings into integers
• Gets number input from user and use it within calculations

If one / is used for division, the result will be a decimal, known as a float. If two // are used for division, the result will be a whole number, known as an integer (or int for short).

Input from the user in Python code is usually a string(text), but calculations required an integer(whole number) or a float(decimal number). Casting is the act of changing the data type of a variable to match a need.

To save the user’s inputted number as a whole number in a variable, use **int(input(“Ask user to enter something -> “))

To save the variable as a decimal number, use **float(input(“Ask user to enter something -> “))

The link to the slide deck for this topic can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1choFBbf7jyjNm-h37Z4Qyo1xOVVTj0W6mj6PCLRjbYw/edit?usp=sharing

When you run into an error with your code, ensure you have checked the following:

• The variable name you have declared is the exact same throughout the program
• You have used a single = to assign variables
• You have used the correct operators for:

  • + addition
    

  • - subtraction
    

  • * multiplication
    

  • / float division
    

  • // integer division
    

• You have placed brackets around input()