Practice What Are Loops? (5.1) - Loops – for and while

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of loops in programming?
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Think about repetitive tasks.
Question 2.
Write a simple for loop to print the numbers 1 to 5.
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Use the range function.
3Question 3.
What does a for loop do?
- A. Repeats code based on a condition
- B. Iterates over a sequence of items
- C. Does nothing
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Think about the loop structures.
4Question 4.
True or False: A while loop will run even if its condition is false at the start.
- True
- False
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Consider the condition of the loop.
Question 5.
Create a program that prompts the user to enter numbers and prints their sum. It should stop when the user enters a negative number.
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Focus on accumulating the total while checking for the stop condition.
Question 6.
Write a nested loop that prints a multiplication table from 1 to 5.
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Think about how to combine loops to achieve the multiplication.

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