Python - Intermediate - 101 Computing

Cardinal Buoys Positioning – Python Challenge

Administrator — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:52:14 +0000

When navigating at sea, sailors need to know where it is safe to travel and where underwater dangers such as rocks, reefs or wrecks may be hiding beneath the surface. Not every hazard can be seen from a boat, so…

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Points of Sailing – Python Challenge

Administrator — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:09:11 +0000

When sailing, the direction in which a boat can travel depends on the direction of the wind. Sailors describe the angle between the boat and the wind using different points of sailing, such as close-hauled, beam reach, broad reach and…

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Rubik’s Cube Challenge

Administrator — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:14:33 +0000

Have you ever wondered how a computer keeps track of all the coloured squares on a Rubik’s Cube? Although the puzzle looks complicated, each face of the cube can actually be stored using a simple 3 × 3 two-dimensional (2D)…

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Autonomous Cave Exploration Drone Algorithm

Administrator — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:29:17 +0000

Imagine being tasked with exploring a vast underground cave system where no human has ever been before. Narrow passages, uneven ceilings, jagged rocks and sudden drops make it far too dangerous for people to enter. Instead, scientists use autonomous drones…

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Estimating π with François Viète’s Infinite Product

Administrator — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:45:21 +0000

Long before computers existed, mathematicians were already trying to pin down the value of π using clever geometric constructions and infinite processes. One of the earliest breakthroughs came from a French mathematician named François Viète (1540–1603), who discovered one of…

Python Challenge: Nicomachus’ Theorem

Administrator — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:29:21 +0000

Nicomachus of Gerasa was an ancient Greek mathematician who lived around 60–120 AD. He is best known for his work Introduction to Arithmetic, one of the earliest surviving books on number theory. One of the most famous results attributed to…

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UK Car Plate Number Decoder

Administrator — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:12:45 +0000

Did you know you can find out where a UK car was first registered or how old it is just by looking at its number plate? In this Python challenge, we will create a program that decodes a UK plate…

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Estimating Pi Using Coprime Numbers

Administrator — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:45:10 +0000

Did you know you can estimate the value of π (pi) using probability and number theory? This challenge explores a surprising mathematical relationship: The probability that two randomly chosen integers are coprime, is equal to Coprime numbers? Two numbers are…

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The Goldbach Conjecture (Python Challenge)

Administrator — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:06:16 +0000

The Goldbach Conjecture is an unproven mathematical rule, proposed by Christian Goldbach in 1742, stating that every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. Despite verification by computers up to 4 x 1018, no formal…

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Estimating Pi using the Basel Problem

Administrator — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:44:33 +0000

The Basel Problem In the 17th century, mathematicians became fascinated by an infinite series known as the Basel Problem. The question was simple to state but extremely difficult to solve: What is the exact value of the following infinite series?…

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