[Yr11 Information Technology] Programming task

[Mark Kelly]

Yes, it will boil down to a one-line calculation, but the algorithm 
required to produce it should get the kids thinking...

Dr Paul Chandler wrote:
> Perhaps showing my ignorance here ... But this is just a one-line
> calculation, isn't it?  Admittedly a useful one to know and do, but is
> there any more to it? 
> 
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> 
> An interesting and educational programming challenge for your kids would
> be to write a program to convert from (K)bits per second to megabytes
> per hour. e.g. you're downloading a torrent at 500 Kbps, how much will
> be downloaded in an hour?
> 
> The algorithm is fun, and the unit conversions are handy to know.
> 
> Cheers
> Mark
> 
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