A few hundred years ago people enjoyed betting on coins tossed on to a wooden floor … would they cross a line or not? A French mathematician called Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) started thinking about this and worked…
The number e is a famous irrational number called Euler’s number after Leonhard Euler a Swiss Mathematician (1707 – 1783). Number e is considered to be one of the most important numbers in mathematics. The first few digits are: 2.7182818284590452353602874713527……
In geometry, the golden angle is the smaller of the two angles created by sectioning the circumference of a circle according to the golden ratio. Golden Angle ≈ 137.5° The golden angle plays a significant role in the theory of…
In this challenge we will write several procedures to graph different mathematical equations on screen using Python Turtle. We will focus on: Linear equations: y = ax + b Quadratic equations: y = ax2 + bx + c Trigonometric functions:…
For this challenge you will create a quiz based on the game of Monopoly. The computer will randomly display a street name from the list of streets used in the game and the user will have to guess the colour…
When your browser displays a webpage on screen it uses 3 different programming languages called HTML, CSS and JavaScript. We call the combination of these three languages “client-side web technologies”. Each of the three language has its own syntax and…
File Allocation Table (FAT System) A file allocation table (FAT) is a table that an operating system maintains on a hard disk that provides a map of the clusters (the basic units of logical storage on a hard disk) that…
In this challenge we will create a three-player game using Scratch. One player (the yellow ball) will be chased by two other players the red player and the blue player. The red player will use the arrow keys to control…
Look at the code provided below use to draw a tree using a recursive function. Recursive Function A recursive function is an alternative to using iteration. A function is a recursive function if: It includes a call to itself, It…
Before completing this challenge we need to revise some Maths concepts. Fraction = numerator / denominator In Maths a fraction consists of two numbers: a numerator and a denominator. What is an improper fraction? An improper fraction is a fraction…