How about you make a dictionary that maps the operator’s character (e.g. ‘+’) to the operator (e.g. operator.add). Then sample that, format you string, and perform the operation.
import random
import operator
Generating a random mathematical expression
def randomCalc():
ops = {'+':operator.add,
'-':operator.sub,
'*':operator.mul,
"https://stackoverflow.com/":operator.truediv}
num1 = random.randint(0,12)
num2 = random.randint(1,10) # I don't sample 0's to protect against divide-by-zero
op = random.choice(list(ops.keys()))
answer = ops.get(op)(num1,num2)
print('What is {} {} {}?\n'.format(num1, op, num2))
return answer
Asking the user
def askQuestion():
answer = randomCalc()
guess = float(input())
return guess == answer
Finally making a multi-question quiz
def quiz():
print('Welcome. This is a 10 question math quiz\n')
score = 0
for i in range(10):
correct = askQuestion()
if correct:
score += 1
print('Correct!\n')
else:
print('Incorrect!\n')
return 'Your score was {}/10'.format(score)
Some testing
>>> quiz()
Welcome. This is a 10 question math quiz
What is 8 - 6?
2
Correct!
What is 10 + 6?
16
Correct!
What is 12 - 1?
11
Correct!
What is 9 + 4?
13
Correct!
What is 0 - 8?
-8
Correct!
What is 1 * 1?
5
Incorrect!
What is 5 * 8?
40
Correct!
What is 11 / 1?
11
Correct!
What is 1 / 4?
0.25
Correct!
What is 1 * 1?
1
Correct!
'Your score was 9/10'