the interactive shell topics covered in this integers and floating point numbers expressions values operators evaluating expressions storing values in variables before you can make gamesyou need to learn few basic programming concepts you won' make games in this but learning these concepts is the first step to programming video games you'll start by learning how to use python' interactive shell some simple math stuff open idle using the steps in then get python to solve some simple math stuff the interactive shell can work just like calculator type into the interactive shell at the prompt and press the enter key on your keyboard (on some keyboardsthis is the return key figure - shows how the interactive shell responds with the number figure - enter + into the interactive shell this math problem is simple programming instruction the sign tells the computer to add the numbers and table - lists the other math symbols available in python the sign will subtract numbers the asterisk will multiply numbers the slash will divide numbers post questions to