ComputingYears 5–9Python

Variables and Data Types

Learn Variables and Data Types for Years 5–9 pupils (ages 9–14). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine your toy box. You put a label on it saying 'cars'. The label tells you what's inside — that's a variable!

  2. 2

    What does a variable hold?

  3. 3

    Drag the right data type to the variable 'age'.

  4. 4

    Let's store your name in a variable called 'myName'.

  5. 5

    What type of data is 'Emma'?

  6. 6

    Store the number 10 in a variable called 'score'.

  7. 7

    If myAge = 9, what type is it?

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