Foreign Currency

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Holidays Abroad

• Foreign Currency

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Holidays Abroad

• John and Edward have decided to go on holidays to
  the USA for two months. They have worked for 6
  months to save 3000. The table below shows how
  the two brothers expect to spend their money

630
1080
180
1530
720
720
540
If 1 pound is 1.80 dollars. Find all the costs
in dollars.
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After a month in USA the two brothers found
themselves in Texas. They had started their
journey in state.
N.Y.
Unfortunately, the car they had rented breaks
down. Although they have money left for any extra
problems, they feel that they might not have
enough money for the remaining month of the
holiday if any other eventuality might occur. The
repair bill for the garage is as shown in
dollars. Calculate in pounds how much each item
will cost them.
Bill
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Garage Western Union Garage
Date
04-06-04 Item Working hours
Cost/item Radiator 4
171 Timing belt 2
45 Fun belt 2
27 Water pump 3
81
Total Cost 324

95.00
25.00
?
15.00
45.00
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Holidays Abroad
Michael Jordan (American basketball player) is
with his family in Scotland for a week holiday.
He wants to take his kids on a Steam Train trip.
His family is composed by 2 adults and 3
children.
Although
Michael Jordan is rich he is worried with costs
and therefore he wants to know the price of each
ticket/trip and the total costs (in dollars) that
the Steam Train Company offers.
Steam Train fares
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45
108
32.4
93.6
18
45
Cost of the family tickets Perth-Inverness 2 x
108 3 x 45 351 Inverness Kyle-of-Lochalsh
2 x 93.6 3 x 32.4 293.4 Aviemore
Granton-on-Spey 2 x 45 3 x 18 144