My priorities, my time

This a problem set for you to work through

This is a problem set. Some of these are easy, others are far more difficult. The purpose of these problems sets are to HELP YOU THINK THROUGH problems. The solution is at the bottom of this page, but please don't look at it until you have tried (and failed) at least three or four times.

What is this problem set trying to do

You have to think about conditions and computational thinking here. You are also going to be sorting a list.

The Problem

Please write a program that asks someone what their priorities are. Then, ask them how many hours they spend each day doing different activities. Ideally these two lists should match, right? you must:

1. store user input about at least 7 priorities
2. store user input about the amount of time the user spends on the same 7 priorities
3. print differences between the two pieces of information

Some Code to Get You Started

# This program is meant to help students model their time
# and understand how their choices about time reflect their priorities. 

time_doing_things = []

studying = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you study or work on homework? ")
time_doing_things.append(studying)

sleeping = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you sleep? ")
time_doing_things.append(sleeping)

chores = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you do work around the house? ")
time_doing_things.append(chores)

talking_on_phone = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you talk on the phone? ")
time_doing_things.append(talking_on_phone)

mess_around_on_internet = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you mess around on the internet? ")
time_doing_things.append(mess_around_on_internet)

eating = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you mess around on the internet? ")
time_doing_things.append(eating)

taking_care_of_myself = input("How many hours in one day (24 hours) do you take care of yourself like shower, makeup, getting clothes ready? ")
time_doing_things.append(taking_care_of_myself)

Take This Further

1. add in a condition that players only have a certain number of turns to win
2. add in a difficulty level; easy, medium and expert. If a player has easy, they have 8 tries, medium, they have only 4 tries, and expert, only 2 tries!!

How you will be assessed

Every problem set is a formative assignment. Please click here to see how you will be graded

A possible solution

Click the expand link to see one possible solution, but NOT before you have tried and failed!

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