maybe print zero decimal places if they have followed your instructions but print a float (maybe with an explanation) if it evaluates to not a whole number
> Hi Tony, > > thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about some of those things > myself already. > I have only one comment: > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > print a/b rounds to an integer (which is confusing) > > > > That was on purpose. I'm not sure how old the learners will be and if > they've learned about decimal numbers. That is why I've only given them > examples in which the division results are integers. In one of the later > lessons I introduce the concept of floating point numbers and give it some > space there. > > However, your comment gave me an idea. I'll check the numbers the user > enters and give him some sort of a warning if the result should be float. > How does that sound? > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning > Hi Tony,<br><br>thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about some of > those things myself already.<br>I have only one comment: <br><br><div > class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>></span> > wrote:<br> > > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, > 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="h5"> > print a/b rounds to an integer (which is > confusing)<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>That was on purpose. I'm not > sure how old the learners will be and if they've learned about decimal > numbers. That is why I've only given them examples in which the division > results are integers. In one of the later lessons I introduce the concept of > floating point numbers and give it some space there. <br> > > <br>However, your comment gave me an idea. I'll check the numbers the user > enters and give him some sort of a warning if the result should be float. How > does that sound?<br></div></div><br> _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
