CMSC 104 Spring 1999

CMSC 104 Spring 1999
Sections 103/105/401 – Mr. Frey

Homework #3
50 points

Section 401: due Monday March 8, 1999
Section 103/105 due Tuesday March 9, 1999

Homework 3 will be handwritten and collected in class.

1A. Solve the following problem (5 points).
1B. Design an algorithm for solving all problems like this one (20 points). Your algorithm should allow for a variable number of children and meatballs.

Mrs. Shoe kept 4 meatballs for herself, then divided the others equally among her 16 children. If each child got 3 meatballs, how many did Mrs. Shoe have to begin with?
2. Write an algorithm that accepts a positive integer n as input from the user and calculates the product of all the integers between 1 and n. This product is called the factorial of n. (25 points)