What a programming language is in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to print a message using a programming language.

Intro to Computing

print([1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"Hello, world!"

BHello, world!

Cprint

Dmessage

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to use quotes around the text.

Trying to print a word without quotes.

The print function requires a string inside quotes to display text.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to assign a number to a variable in a programming language.

Intro to Computing

age = [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A20

Btwenty

C"twenty"

Dage

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting numbers inside quotes when assigning.

Using variable names instead of values.

Numbers are written without quotes when assigning to variables.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly add two numbers.

Intro to Computing

result = 5 [1] 3

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A/

B*

C-

D+

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using subtraction or multiplication instead of addition.

Using symbols that do not perform addition.

The plus sign (+) adds two numbers together.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a variable holding a greeting message.

Intro to Computing

[1] = [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Agreeting

B"Hello!"

Cmessage

DHello

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting quotes around variable names.

Not using quotes for text values.

Variable names go on the left, strings with quotes go on the right.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a simple program that prints a personalized greeting.

Intro to Computing

name = [1]
message = [2] + name
print([3])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"Alice"

B"Hello, "

Cmessage

Dname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around strings.

Printing the wrong variable.

Not using + to join strings.

Assign a name string, add it to a greeting string, then print the combined message.