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What’s Your Money Worth? Activity Sheet
McGraw-Hill Mathematics: Grade 6, Chapter 2
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What’s Your Money Worth?
OANDA Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/cgi-bin/ncc
What's your money worth in other countries? Use the Web site to find out what items cost in U.S. dollars. Convert foreign currency to U.S. dollars to solve the problems below.
- Next to Convert Amount, type in the amount of money you want to convert.
- In the box on the left, scroll to and choose the name of currency you want to convert.
- In the box on the right, scroll to and choose the name of the currency you want to convert to. Choose US Dollar. USD if you want to convert to U.S. dollars.
- Click Convert Now.
- Use the blank workspace on the page to do your work.
- On a trip to Paris, France, you see a tennis racket you like in a sporting goods store. The racket is on sale for 337 French francs. In the United States, you can buy the same racket for $72.95. Should you buy the racket in France or in the United States? Convert the French francs to U.S. dollars to find out. About how much will you save in U.S. dollars if you buy the racket at the lower price?
- The Hotel Kensington in London charges 76 British pounds per night for a room. The Hotel Stafford in the same city charges 93 British pounds per night. Estimate how much you will save in U.S. dollars if you spend a night at the Hotel Kensington instead of the Hotel Stafford. Round to whole-dollar amounts to help you estimate.
- A real-action basketball video game costs 798 birrs in Ethiopia. In the United States, the same game costs $132.23. In which country is the game a better buy? Estimate how much will be saved in U.S. dollars by a group of tourists that buys 100 games. Round to whole-dollar amounts to help you estimate.
- It costs a family of four 2,200 French francs a day to visit Paris, France, on a vacation. How many U.S. dollars would it cost 3 such families to have a 14-day Paris visit?
- A party of 15 people had dinner at a restaurant in Rome, Italy. The total bill, including service charge, was 740,250 Italian lira. What was each person's share of the bill in U.S. dollars rounded to the nearest dollar?
- A group of 29 Israeli college students will each pay 3,300 Israeli new shekels to fly from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Washington, D.C. Estimate the total cost of the flight in U.S. dollars by rounding each factor to the greatest place.
- A group of 23 American tourists took a boat ride on the Rhine River in Germany. The cost was 1,000 German marks for the entire group. What was each person's share of the cost in U.S. dollars rounded to the nearest cent?
- The chaperones of 73 American high school students touring Europe decided to let each student have 125 Euros to buy gifts and souvenirs. At least how many U.S. dollars did the chaperones have to exchange for Euros in order to do this?
- Make up a problem of your own that involves U.S. dollars and foreign currency and multiplication or division to solve.
Math at Home
Today I explored a Web site containing a currency converter. I converted foreign to U.S. dollars in order to solve some problems. I worked with both whole numbers and and I subtracted, , and .
You can find out more about this topic by asking your teacher or parents to show you other Web sites.
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