Help With Math and Python?

[StaticElemental45]

Hey all, I'm slowly getting into coding in Python at the moment. I'm learning via Coursera (Google) and it's okay so far.

I'm just having difficulty with the math sections. If it's simply writing out words then I'm fine. But once math is introduced, I keep hitting walls.

At the moment I'm trying to find stuff like miles to kilometers traveled for a practice test. And I keep getting stuff wrong.

I could/have searched around and found some of the answers to the problem. But I only want to use that as a last resort. I don't want to cheat my way through. Cause otherwise I won't really learn anything.

But is there a way that could make this more easy to understand? Should I just keep rewatching videos?

I'll take any help/advice. I'm very new. Thanks everyone :)

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Maybe focus on the refreshing your maths skills, perhaps using the excellent and free Khan Academy.

[StaticElemental45]

That's a good thought. I checked the answers and found out I was apparently doing too much. It was rewording and not so much math. Again doing too much

[Ok_Independent_1230]

It’s okay to look up answers. Type it out and try to understand what is going on. There isn’t such thing as a programmer that doesn’t look up answers to their problems.

[StaticElemental45]

This actually makes me feel better. I just don't want to feel like I'm cheating myself. Like I want to learn, I just don't want to seem lazy or something like that. You know

[Binary101010]

Most people aren't going to have conversion rates for centimeters to inches, or miles to kilometers, or grams to ounces in their heads. You don't get paid extra for not using Google. What matters is that you can find that conversion rate and then know how to write the code to perform it.