Modules Practice Assignments

Purpose

The purpose of these assignments is to help you review and apply important python modules and provide hands-on practice. Utilize the lab sessions to work on these exercises, and reach out to your Teaching Assistant (TA) or instructor for help. You have unlimited attempts to solve and resubmit these assignments on codePost.io, so use this opportunity to learn, experiment, and improve.

Submission Instructions

For each of the following practice assignments, save your solution in a .py file, with the name being "modules" followed by the number of the assignment. For example, for "Modules01: Dice Simulator", save your solution in a file named modules01.py (notice the lowercase "m"). Then, submit that file to the respective assignment on codePost.io . There are two types of problems: Required and Optional/Bonus. The Required problems must be submitted to attain full credit for the codePost assignment, while Optional/Bonus problems are provided to help you practice further and deepen your understanding of Python.
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Practice Assignments

Modules01: Dice Simulator (Required)

Write a program in Python that simulates the roll of a 6-sided die and an 8-sided die. Generate a random number for the 6-side die and store it in a variable named die1. Generate a random number for the 8-side die and store it in a variable named die2.

Provided code: 
import random

''' Put your code here '''

# Display the dice values (do not change the following line!)
print("You rolled two dice:", die1, "and", die2)
Note: Submit your code with the print("You rolled two dice:", die1, "and", die2) statement.

Modules02: Square Garden (Required)

You have a square garden and want to build a fence around it. Write a program in Python that calculates the total length of fence you will need to surround the garden.
Your program should:

  1. prompt the user to enter the area of the square garden. Store the area in a variable named area. Hint: The side of the square is equal to the square root of the area of the garden.
  2. calculates how many meters of fence you will need to surround the garden and stores the perimeter into a variable named total_fence. Hint: You have to calculate the perimeter of the square garden which is four times the length of one side.

Example 1: 
Please enter the area of the garden: 81
You will need 36.0 meters of fence
Example 2: 
Please enter the area of the garden: 25
You will need 20.0 meters of fence

Provided code: 
import math

# Write your code here

# Print the total meters of fence (do not change the following line!)
print( "You will need", total_fence, "meters of fence" )
Note: Submit your code with the print( "You will need", total_fence, "meters" ) statement.

Modules03: Random Number (Required)

Write a Python program that generates a random number between 10 and 20 (not including 10 and 20). Store the randomly generated number in a variable named number.

Provided code: 
# Write your code here

# Display the number (do not change the following line!)
print("The randomly generated number is:", number)
Note: Submit your code with the print("The randomly generated number is:", number) statement. Do not change this line.

Modules04: Mathematical Constant e (Optional/Bonus)

Write a Python program to display the value of the mathematical constant e supplied by the math module (see https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html).

Modules05: Pi (Optional/Bonus)

Write a Python program to display the value of the pi supplied by the math module (see https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html).

Modules06: Pizza Area (Required)

For this assignment, write a Python program that calculates and displays the area of a pizza. Complete the Python program so that it

  1. prompts the user to enter the diameter of a pizza
  2. calculates the area of the pizza and stores the result in a variable named area
The area of a circle is calculated by π * r2, where r is the radius (which is half of the diameter). For this assignment, you must use the math module to get the value of π (pi).

Provided code: 
# Write your code here

print("The area of the pizza is:", area)