Exchange Rates & Best Buys Practice Questions

Mia changes £250 into yen.

Work out how many yen she gets.

........................... yen

At the end of her holiday Mia has 9 250 yen left.

She changes all of this money back into pounds at the same exchange rate.

Work out how much she gets, in pounds.

£ ...........................

Work out the cost per 100 g of rice in the small bag.

........................... p

Which bag of rice gives the better value for money?

You must show your working.

Kasia wants to get as many 50 zloty notes as possible.

Work out the greatest number of 50 zloty notes that Kasia can get for £340.

...........................

Kasia takes the rest of her money in smaller notes and coins.

Work out how many zloty she has that are not in 50 zloty notes.

........................... zloty

Dan wants to buy 6 bottles of shower gel.

Here are the prices of the same 500 ml bottle of shower gel in two shops.

Dan wants to buy all 6 bottles from the same shop, as cheaply as possible.

Which shop should Dan buy the shower gel from, shop A or shop B?

You must show all your working.

In France, Élodie pays $23$ euros for $1.5$ kg of cheese.

In Wales, Tom pays £$5.20$ for $400$ g of the same type of cheese.

£1 $= 1.15$ euros

Tom thinks the cheese is cheaper in France than in Wales.

Is Tom correct?

You must show how you get your answer.

Ben changes £450 into US dollars at the new exchange rate.

Work out how many dollars he gets.

$ ...........................

Ben has a hotel bill of $260 to pay in New York.

Ben says,

"Because of the change in the exchange rate, this bill now costs me less in pounds than it would have done before."

Is Ben right?

You must show how you get your answer.

Work out the total cost of the flights, the hotel room and the car hire.

Give your answer in pounds.

£ ...........................

Before she went, Priya also changed £250 into krona to spend on food.

At the end of her holiday she had 9 800 krona of this money left.

Work out how much of the £250 Priya spent.

£ ...........................