Data Types

Question 1

Integer

Answer 1

Used to store whole numbers e.g age or house number

Question 2

Real/Float

Answer 2

Numbers with a decimal place e.g money (£2.45)

Question 3

Boolean

Answer 3

TRUE/FALSE values (e.g 18+ in a voting program)

Question 4

Character

Answer 4

Stores a single character e.g storing the input for a menu within a program (option A, B, C or D)

Question 5

String

Answer 5

Used to store alphanumeric characters e.g the word “Programming”. Other examples include names or DOB with / to separate values

Question 6

Casting

Answer 6

The process of changing a variable’s data type within a program.

Question 7

Example of Casting -

Answer 7

• age_integer = int(input(“Please enter your age - “))
• print(age_integer + 5)
• age_string = str(age_integer)
• print(age_string + “5”)