20 Beginner Python Coding Challenges: Step-by-Step Practice Pack

“20 Beginner Python Coding Challenges: Step-by-Step Practice Pack” — designed for absolute beginners! This pack covers basic Python concepts through 20 engaging coding challenges, divided into Questions, Problems, Projects, and Debugging Problems. Each challenge comes with clear, step-by-step instructions and well-commented code to help you understand every concept.

Whether you’re practicing variables, loops, conditionals, functions, or debugging, this pack helps you build confidence while learning through hands-on experience. You’ll also get bonus tips to further extend your learning.

Perfect for those who’ve just started with Python, these challenges are simple, fun, and beginner-friendly. Work at your own pace and enjoy the satisfaction of solving real problems.

SAMPLE

Challenge 1: Swap Two Numbers Without Using a Third Variable

Description: Learn how to swap the values of two variables using Python’s arithmetic operations.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Ask the user to input two numbers.
2. Use arithmetic operators to swap the values.
3. Print the swapped results.

Example Code:

# Get user input a = int(input("Enter first number: ")) b = int(input("Enter second number: ")) # Swapping logic a = a + b b = a - b a = a - b # Display swapped numbers print("After swapping: a =", a, "b =", b)

Bonus Tip: Try swapping numbers using Python’s tuple unpacking method: a, b = b, a.

Challenge 2: Check if a Number is Even or Odd

Description: Determine whether a given number is even or odd using the modulus operator.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Prompt the user to enter a number.
2. Use the modulus operator % to check if the number is divisible by 2.
3. Print whether the number is even or odd.

Example Code

num = int(input("Enter a number: ")) if num % 2 == 0: print(num, "is even.") else: print(num, "is odd.")

Bonus Tip: Extend the program to handle multiple numbers using a loop.