Python: Repay Loans (Gr. 9-10)

Description

In this lesson, students are introduced to loops in Python through the Loan Payment Calculator application. The for loop is used to repeat an action or sequence a specified number of times. Take the even principal payment as an example, students will explore how to use the for loop to help calculate the repayments of a loan in the even principal payment schedule.

Objectives

  • Using For loops in Python
  • Learn how to use the range() function in conjunction with for loops
  • Concatenating strings, integers, and floats inside a print() statement

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mBlock (Python Coding)
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