freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-python/69a890af247de743333bd4cf.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
69a890af247de743333bd4cf	Challenge 226: Passing Exam Count	29	challenge-226

--description--

Given an array of student exam scores and the score needed to pass it, return the number of students that passed the exam.

--hints--

passing_count([90, 85, 75, 60, 50], 70) should return 3.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(passing_count([90, 85, 75, 60, 50], 70), 3)`)
}})

passing_count([100, 80, 75, 88, 72, 74, 79, 71, 60, 92], 75) should return 6.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(passing_count([100, 80, 75, 88, 72, 74, 79, 71, 60, 92], 75), 6)`)
}})

passing_count([79, 60, 88, 72, 74, 59, 75, 71, 80, 92], 60) should return 9.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(passing_count([79, 60, 88, 72, 74, 59, 75, 71, 80, 92], 60), 9)`)
}})

passing_count([76, 79, 80, 70, 71, 65, 79, 78, 59, 72], 85) should return 0.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(passing_count([76, 79, 80, 70, 71, 65, 79, 78, 59, 72], 85), 0)`)
}})

passing_count([84, 65, 98, 53, 58, 71, 91, 80, 92, 70, 73, 83, 86, 69, 84, 77, 72, 58, 69, 75, 66, 68, 72, 96, 90, 63, 88, 63, 80, 67], 60) should return 27.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(passing_count([84, 65, 98, 53, 58, 71, 91, 80, 92, 70, 73, 83, 86, 69, 84, 77, 72, 58, 69, 75, 66, 68, 72, 96, 90, 63, 88, 63, 80, 67], 60), 27)`)
}})

--seed--

--seed-contents--

def passing_count(scores, passing_score):

    return scores

--solutions--

def passing_count(scores, passing_score):
    count = 0

    for score in scores:
        if score >= passing_score:
            count += 1

    return count