Look into NumPy, a python package that is designed to work with IEEE floats and allows a lot of detailed work on numerical algorithms.

Numbers (SymPy) SymPy is a Python library for symbolic algebra. It can interface with other Python libraries making it very powerful. On this page we demonstrate how to get started with SymPy by ...

You're taking a new programming class this fall, and you don't know anything about code. Python is taught widely in schools, and it's one of the most loved programming languages because it's simple.