FYI
The purpose of this project is to create code that calculates the minimum number of bills and coins.
Project #1
In this project the user will be given an amount of change to return to a customer.
Create an interactive program to
- generate a random amount to return (between $599.99 and $0.00)
- calculate the fewest number of bills and coins for the amount
- display the number of bills and coins available to the user
- loop
- ask the user for the fewest number of bills and coins for the amount
- if the user is correct, give them an ATTABOY
- if not correct, display an error message
- display the correct answer and their answer
- display a table built with f strings?
- do not display bills and coins that are not used?
| The Number of Bills and Coins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bills | Number of Bills | Coins | Number of Coins |
| $100 | Unlimited | 50¢ | Unlimited |
| $50 | Unlimited | 25¢ | Unlimited |
| $20 | Unlimited | 10¢ | Unlimited |
| $10 | Unlimited | 5¢ | Unlimited |
| $5 | Unlimited | 1¢ | unlimited |
| $1 | Unlimited | ||
Develop using a menu first, then convert to a GUI?
(See Python GUIs
)
Project #2
The same as Project #1, except with a limited number of bills and coins.
| The Number of Bills and Coins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bills | Number of Bills | Coins | Number of Coins |
| $100 | 3 | 50¢ | 6 |
| $50 | 4 | 25¢ | 5 |
| $20 | 8 | 10¢ | 7 |
| $10 | 2 | 5¢ | 4 |
| $5 | 4 | 1¢ | 4 |
| $1 | 5 | ||
This is a list of bills and coins to start with. The next step is to generate the number of bills and coins randomly (within limits).
Project #3
Same as project #1 except use "Old English" money.
When entering or displaying money use these symbols (£), (s), and (d). If your keyboard/display does not have a (£) character, substitute (x).
Also display the money using the descriptive names shown below.
From Old English Money
Before decimalization on 15 February 1971, there were twenty (20) shillings per pound (£).
The shilling was subdivided into twelve (12) pennies.
The penny was further sub-divided into two halfpennies or four farthings (quarter pennies).
2 farthings = 1 halfpenny (1/4d)
2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d)
3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d)
6 pence = 1 sixpence (6d)
12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s)
2 shillings = 1 florin (a 'two bob bit') (2s)
2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d)
5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s)
The symbols 's' for shilling
and 'd' for pence
derive from the Latin solidus and denarius used in
the Middle Ages.
The symbol for pound '£' developed from the 'l' for libra.
A 1£ coin was called a Sovereign and was made of gold. A paper pound often was called a quid.
1 guinea = one pound and one shilling = 21 shillings. 1 guinea could be written as '1g' or '1gn'.
"Bob" is slang for shilling.