Context

A primary school teacher has a class of 30 pupils. (See attached file called class.txt).
They would like you to create a Python script that will help them make teams for group activities.

Your program should ask the number of teams the teacher needs (between 2 and 6), read the names of the pupils from the text file and assign pupil randomly to teams. However there should be roughly (or exactly when possible) the same number of pupils in each team.

class.txt

Learning Objectives

In this challenge you will learn how to read data from a text file. The file given is a CSV file. CSV stands for Comma Separated Values. Which means each record (pupil) is stored on a line of the file. On each line the two fields (firstname and lastname) are separated using a comma.

Before attemtping to complete this challenge, make sure you read about file handling operations using Python.

Complete the code

Challenge #2: Random Name Picker

The primary teacher sometimes asks questions to the whole class. They would like to have a program that helps them randomly pick a name from their class list. They would like to make sure that once a name has been picked up once, they cannot be picked up a second time.

Using the class.txt file, write a Python program to meet the teacher’s requirements.

Learning Objectives

In this challenge we are going to focus on accessing a text file in Python to:

• Read the content of the file line by line,
• Write data to a new file.

Before completing this challenge, you should read about the main file handling operations using Python.

Your Challenge

Your challenge consists of writing a Python script that could be used by a teacher to take the register at the beginning of the lesson.

Your program will need to:

1. Read the text file called classList.txt, line by line.
2. For each student (line of the text file) the program should ask the teacher if the pupil is pesent (“/” code), absent for medical reasons or illness (“M” code), on a school trip (“T” code), or absent with no reason provided yet (“X” code).
3. The program should store the teacher’s input alongside with the name of each pupil into a new text file called “register.txt”.

To complete this challenge you will need to use the class list text file:

ClassList.txt

Python Code

Complete the Python code below…

Learning Objectives

By completing this challenge you are going to perform arithmetic operations in Python. You will also learn how to manipulate counted loops (for loops) and how to combine loops together using nested loops.

Times Table

Look at the code below. It’s asking the user to type a number and then it displays the times table for that number using a for loop.

Nested Loops

When you insert a loop within a loop, you are using “nested loops”.
Check the code below that uses a nested loop.

Challenge #1

Tweak the code above to display a full times table:

Challenge #2

Tweak your code to display a number grid as follows:

Learning Objectives

In this challenge you will learn how to create your own library and how to use it in your programs.

A library is a collection of functions and procedures. A library can then be reused in all your programs using the import instruction.

You have most likely used some libraries in the past, for instance the random library or the maths library.

We are going to create our own library focusing on conversion formulas. It will be useful when we need to convert for example distances from one unit to another (e.g. miles to km, cm to inches).

We have started the library for you by defining two functions: kmToMiles() and milesToKm().

Your Challenge

Complete the library to add the following conversion functions (Roll-over the frames below to reveal the conversion formula):

Converting Distances

Converting Temperatures

Converting Weights

Time Conversion