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Page Rank Algorithm – Take the Quiz

Check your understanding of the page rank algorithm used by search engines such as Google to sort search results. To find out more about this algorithm, read this blog post first: Search Engine Indexing and Page Rank Algorithm Quiz #1

Search Engine Indexing and Page Rank Algorithm

Search Engines Indexing Search engines like Google maintain huge databases called “indexes” of all the keywords and the web addresses of pages where these keywords appear. When a web designer creates a new website they can contact the search engine

How many Bytes in…

In this challenge we will write a set of functions to calculate how many Bytes there are in a given number of kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes or petabytes. First let’s investigate the link between these storage units: Subroutines? By completing

Four-in-a-row challenge!

In this blog post you will use Python Code to complete this simulation of the game of connect 4. (Rules of the game) You will first need to reverse-engineer the code provided. The code so far is used to: Display

Langton’s Ant

Langton’s Ant is a cellular automaton that models an ant moving on a grid of cells following some very basic rules. At the start of the simulation, the ant is randomly positioned on a 2D-grid of white cells. The ant

Number Sequence – Finding the nth Term

Can you complete the following number sequences? Number Sequence #1: Number Sequence #2: Number Sequence #3: Number Sequences There are different types of number sequences. Let’s investigate the most widely used types of number sequences. You may want to read

Original Price Calculator

Shopping during the sales can sometimes be very confusing. With discounted prices at 10%, 20%, 50% or even 70%! For this challenge you are going to write a Python script that prompts the user to enter a discounted price in

Python Turtle – Protractor Challenge

Python Turtle? Let’s Recap! Looking at the following code can you explain the purpose of each Python Turtle instructions: turtle.color(“red”) turtle.forward(100) turtle.right(90) turtle.left(45) turtle.penup() turtle.pendown() turtle.goto(0,0) turtle.circle(50) turtle.setHeading(45) (X,Y) Coordinates? The canvas we are drawing on (using Python Turtle) is

Area Calculator Flowchart Challenge

In this challenge you will design an algorithm to calculate the area of various shapes as listed below: Shape Name Area Square width2 Rectangle width x length Circle pi x radius2 Triangle base x height / 2 Your algorithm should:

Min, Max, Mean, Median and Mod – Flowcharts

In this challenge we will design algorithms used to calculate the Min, Max, Mean, Median and Mod from a list of numbers. First you may want to refresh your maths skills and check the meaning of these terms: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm MIN