[Year 12 SofDev] Fun with Algorithms (continued)

[Mark Kelly]

Following on from the huge public acclaim of Fun with Algorithms #1, 
please find some more...

Some are harder than others...

Fun #1 was to round any decimal number UP to the next highest multiple 
of 0.25.

Fun #2 -  Convert any Roman number to decimal (e.g. MCMLXIX to 1969) - 
and/or vice versa

Fun #3 - find the lowest (or greatest) common denominator of 2 integers 
(or report that there is no LCD or GCD).

Fun #4 - list prime numbers up to 100

Fun #5 - simulate the display of a single-digit liquid crystal display
Assume there are 7 LCD bars like this

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|_|

Feed it any numeral or alphabetic character  in hexadecimal range (0 to 
F) and it should turn on the right bars.


Fun #6 - given a price including 10% GST, give the ex-tax price and the 
tax component, e.g. $10 inc = $9 ex + $1 GST.


Fun #7 - create a virtual deck of cards encoded as numbers 1 to 52. 
Given any number from 1 to 52, the algorithm should return the suit and 
represented by the card.

Fun #8 - create an algorithm to shuffle the virtual deck of cards

Fun #9 - create an algorithm to play naughts and crosses - it should be 
unbeatable if the algorithm plays first.

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