Assign Cookies
Given child greed factors and cookie sizes, return the maximum number of content children.
Meeting Rooms Minimum
Given a list of meeting time intervals, compute the minimum number of conference rooms required.
Maximize units on truck
Given box types with count and units per box, maximize total units loaded onto a truck.
Boats to Save People
Given a list of people weights and a boat's weight limit, return the minimum number of boats required.
Bag of Tokens Score
Given tokens with values and initial power, determine the maximum score achievable by selling tokens for power or buying tokens for score.
Maximum Ice Cream Bars
Given costs of ice cream bars and coins, return the maximum number you can buy.
Minimum Number of Arrows to Burst Balloons
Given balloon intervals, find the minimum number of arrows to burst all balloons by merging overlaps.
IPO Maximize Capital
Given project profits and capital requirements, choose at most k projects to maximize final capital.
Job Sequencing with Deadlines and Profits
Given jobs with deadlines and profits, choose a subset that maximizes profit while meeting deadline constraints.
Queue Reconstruction by Height
Given shuffled pairs of (height, number_of_taller_people_in_front), reconstruct the original queue order.
Non-overlapping Intervals
Given a list of intervals, return the minimum number of intervals to remove to make the rest non-overlapping.
Max events attended
Given a list of events with start and end times, find the maximum number of non-overlapping events you can attend.
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Greedy Algorithms — Python coding challenges
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This page lists greedy algorithms challenges — real Python problems you solve in the browser IDE with instant test feedback. Each challenge includes a clear brief, starter code, and automated checks.
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