Pete was reading in his Guinness Book of World Records about a guy who typed the numbers from 1 to 1,000,000 (with one finger!). Pete asked Dad what the guy was holding in the picture. It was a manual typewriter. Pete asked Dad why he didn't use a computer. Dad told Pete that anyone could use a computer to type the numbers from 1 to 1,000,000 in a matter of seconds. Pete asked Dad to tell him how to make a computer do that. They discussed that there are several ways to do it.
You can click here to see a sample page Dad created to show to Pete. Warning: depending on the speed of your computer, it might take a few seconds to a minute for the page to display the numbers. Let Pete know if you see any mistakes in the numbers on the page.
The PTA at Pete's school is doing a program this year called After-school Enrichment. Pete was going to sign up for the computer class, but it is geared more for the younger kids. He decided to sign up for the Chess and JumpRopeTricks sessions, both of which are starting soon.
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