Introduction to Computer Science/3.10 Formative Activity - "Times Table Generator"

3.10 Formative Activity - "Times Table Generator"

🎯 Activity Goals
  • Apply your knowledge of for loops and the range() function.
  • Use a loop variable in a calculation inside the loop.
  • Practice creating a complete, working program from scratch.

Practice Task: The "Times Table Generator"

This is a quick, practical task to solidify your skills with for loops. The goal is to create a program that generates a multiplication table for a number provided by the user.

Your Task

Write a Python program that does the following:

  1. Asks the user to enter a whole number.
  2. Uses a for loop to iterate 12 times (from 1 to 12).
  3. Inside the loop, it calculates the result of the user's number multiplied by the current loop number.
  4. Prints the full multiplication fact on each line (e.g., "7 x 1 = 7").

Example Output:

Enter a number to see its times table: 7
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7 x 1 = 7
7 x 2 = 14
7 x 3 = 21
7 x 4 = 28
7 x 5 = 35
7 x 6 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
7 x 8 = 56
7 x 9 = 63
7 x 10 = 70
7 x 11 = 77
7 x 12 = 84
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How to Submit (Exit Ticket)

For this activity, you will submit a single screenshot.

  1. Arrange your Thonny window so that your Python code is visible in the editor and the complete program output is visible in the shell below.
  2. Take a screenshot of the entire Thonny window.
  3. Submit the screenshot image file to the "Unit 3 Exit Ticket - Times Table" Assignment folder in D2L.
A Hint on `range()`

Remember that range(stop) goes up to but not including the stop number. If you want to loop from 1 to 12, what should the arguments to your range() function be? (Hint: range(1, 13))