Sheet # 9/The Summer Olympics -Traveling in Australia
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
1 US$ = 1.57A$ (Australian dollar)
1 A$ = 0.63 US$
1) Kathy is shopping in Australia. The price tag on a gift she wants to buy lists two prices: US$9.49 or A$13.95 . She can pay with either type of money. Should she pay with Australian dollars or US dollars to save money?
2) You are traveling in Australia. During your travels, you want to call your parents in U.S.A. It costs A$4.25 for the first 3 minutes and A$0.78 cents for each additional minute. If you talk to your parents for 15 minutes, how much will it cost in US dollars?
3) You were told that you had $400 to spend on a trip to Australia.
a) How much money do you have in Australian dollars to spend?
b) Let's say you had 78 Australian dollars when you came back. How much money do you have in US dollars? How much did you spend in Australia?
Answers for sheet # 9
Answers for sheet #9
1)US dollar price in Australian dollars: (9.49)*(1.57) =14.90, she can save $0.05A if she pays in
Australian dollars.
2) 1st 3 min: $4.25
next 12 min: ($.78)*12 = $9.36
Total cost: $4.25 + $9.36 = $13.61
In US dollars: $13.61 * $0.63 = $8.57
3) a)(400)*(1.57) = $628
b) $78*(.63) = $49.14 in US dollars
Spend in Australia: $400US-$49.14US = $350.81US
In Australian $: 628A-78A = $550A