Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!

© James R. Payne 2019

James R. PaynePython for Teenagershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4550-7_2

2. It All Adds Up

James R. Payne¹ 

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Deerfield Beach, FL, USA

 

Now that are we are all suited up in our metaphorical capes and super hero outfits (i.e., we have installed Python and learned how to use the IDLE), it is time to put our new super powers to the test! Our first villain? Perhaps one of the most nefarious, vile, contemptuous beasts of all time; a criminal of the school system, running rampant and threatening to destroy – or bore – every student in its path. The villain’s name?

Math.

I know, not the most exciting of topics. At least, not at first glance. However, the truth of the matter is, math and, more importantly, mathematical functions ...