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 # review Friday material
+#* math: using python as a calculator
-#* math
+#**addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
+#**division shows something different: 8/2 versus 1/2
 #* <tt>type()</tt>
+#** there are different types of things in python (called objects)
+#** variables that "know about the decimal place" (int) and variables that don't (floats)
 #* variables
+#** assignment of variaibles
+#** e.g., math with variables: scale up a recipe, into an assignment
 #* strings
 #* booleans
 #* <tt>if</tt>/<tt>elif</tt>/<tt>else</tt>
 #* functions
+#** exit(), help(), type()
 # lists
 #* purpose