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The Institute of Education79-85 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2, IrelandTel: +353 1 661 3511Email: [email protected]

JUNIOR CYCLE MATHS

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JOHN McCANN

Junior Certificate Mathematics - Higher Level

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Currency Exchange, Errors, Percentages

John A. McCann | Mathematics

The Institute of Education, 79-85 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2

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The Institute of Education, 79-85 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2 2

Currency Exchange

Here are some well-known currencies and their symbols:

Find x below: 1€ = 1.14356$ 375€ = x $

1€ = 1.4756 AUD x € = 750 AUD

Junior Certificate 2018 17 Mathematics, Paper 1 – Ordinary Level

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Question 13 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

(a) Find the value of , when and .

(b) Solve the equation .






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Here are currency exchange rates and symbols below

1. Ed´s Lowden guitar is made in Ireland. It costs 5880€ to buy. What is the value in GBP?

2. Jessica had 12500€ and wanted to travel home. What is this value in INR?

3. Harvey is travelling from San Francisco to Dublin. If he has 700USD, what is the value of € ?
















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4. Drake has 248CAD.

But he needs it in €. How much will he get?

5. Beyoncé is going to transfer her bank account. Drake advises her to go for a bank in Montréal. She has $500m in her account.

What would this be valued in her Canadian account?

6. This Rolex watch costs 65000 Swiss Francs. What is the symbol for Swiss Francs?

How many watches will you get for 1m US$?
















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7. Realtín was going on holiday to Sydney. She changed her money at the airport. She thought she would receive 2530AUD. However, she received 2447.78 AUD. What percentage commission was she charged?

8. Tara is going to the Olympics, representing Ireland in athletics. She wants to change €8700 into Japanese Yen (JYN). Michelle is brilliant at mathematics. She knows all the exchange rates off the top of her head. She tells that Tara will get a million Japanese Yen.

What is the exchange rate?
















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9. Billie O´Connell wanted to get her hair styled while on tour. But her stylist fell ill. Thus, B had to get her hair done at the airport in Ireland. She had 180$ but the airport hair salon only accepted euros. The exchange rate at the airport currency centre was 1€ = 1.1362 USD. If they charged 2.25% commission, how much did Billie get?

Hakan estimated the distance from the earth to the sun to be 90 million miles. The correct distance is 93 million miles. By what percentage was he incorrect?





















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General Revision: Please write one answer only beside each question. You may use a separate sheet for calculations

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