Choosing digits from 1492, form single or multi-digit numbers and use them in addition, multiplication, division, subtraction, square root, and raising to a power to calculate all results from 1 to 100. For example, 9^2 would use both 2 and 9, but sqrt(9) only uses 9. This was part of a math project my 10-year-old [...]
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1 through 100 from arrangements of 1492
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Programming, Lesson 2
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Control and Data
Nouns and Verbs in English
Directions and Ingredients in a recipe
Numbers and Operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) in mathematics
Instructions and Variables in programming
These two things always go together. You can’t talk about one without also talking about the other. They are two sides of the same coin. Regardless of which computer language you use, [...]
Programming, Lesson 1
Posted in Technical on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My 10-year-old daughter has begun pestering me to teach her programming. I’m left thinking how much easier this would be if she were older. But, what follows is my dutiful (and probably misguided) attempt:
What is a program?
(n) An organized list of instructions that, when executed, causes the computer to behave as designed. Without programs, computers [...]
