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So basically I have this question that tells me the following:
The grade boundaries for a test are;
U - 0
D - 40
C - 50
B - 60
A - 70
Write a program that asks for a mark and then says what grade it is worth.
Now I know how to do this although I thought that I would improve on the code and round up or down the numbers inbetween each level. I can not figure out how to do it and this is my code that I have just wrote. Can you tell we what is wrong with it? Thanks
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The grade boundaries for a test are;
U - 0
D - 40
C - 50
B - 60
A - 70
Write a program that asks for a mark and then says what grade it is worth.
Now I know how to do this although I thought that I would improve on the code and round up or down the numbers inbetween each level. I can not figure out how to do it and this is my code that I have just wrote. Can you tell we what is wrong with it? Thanks
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I'm doing the exact same on my OCR task in school,really hard for me
I shall be looking at this post tomorrow.
I shall be looking at this post tomorrow.
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I know right, we are only at the basics really but I wanted to challenge myself and hit a dead end. I will be here tomorrow waiting for your response!
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What I think you want to do:
nearestTen = grade - (grade % 10);
For example:
nearestTen = 56 - (56 % 10);
nearestTen = 56 - (6);
nearestTen = 50;
nearestTen = grade - (grade % 10);
For example:
nearestTen = 56 - (56 % 10);
nearestTen = 56 - (6);
nearestTen = 50;
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Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you try to be more specific? I am still quite new. Sorry :S
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It's mainly just a bit of math using the modulo operator (%). Getting the modulus gets the remainder of the division.
So 56 / 10 = 5 remainder 6.
So using what I did above, you can "round down" to the nearest 10.
You could do it to the nearest 5 too. 56 / 5 = 11 remainder 1. Taking off 1 would get you 55.
So 56 / 10 = 5 remainder 6.
So using what I did above, you can "round down" to the nearest 10.
You could do it to the nearest 5 too. 56 / 5 = 11 remainder 1. Taking off 1 would get you 55.
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