You have just returned from Chile, where you have done 6 months
of missionary work. Your next assignment is Brazil. "The majority of math
skills needed are reflected in the day-to-day issues of currency conversion,
metric equivalents and simple check book bookkeeping," says missionary
Barney Davis.
"Every missionary I have worked with overseas carries
a small card calculator with them to handle the metric and currency conversion
issues which typically arise several times each day," explains Davis.
You
know you need 2,800 Brazilian real to cover all your expenses. You have $1,500
US and 73,500 Chilean pesos. Do you have enough money?
You don't have
a calculator that will convert for you, but looking at the daily foreign exchange
rates, you find the following information:
1 U.S. dollar
is equal to:
482 Chilean pesos
1.73 Brazilian real
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