Bus Math wk 1 Qu-1
Math is a language, so let’s translate it!
Check out Table 5-1 on page 162 in your Business Mathematics text. It has a table that is helpful when you are “translating” a bunch of words into a mathematical expression or equation.
To illustrate how many ways we can say the same thing, use the table to say the following in words in 3 different ways (please try not to repeat what others have said):
25 – 2 = 23
British Pound
1.0000
0.6069
0.8687
0.007088
0.6371
0.09323
Canadian Dollar
1.6504
1.0000
1.4331
0.011691
1.0508
0.1538
Euro
1.1524
0.6990
1.0000
0.00816
0.7338
0.1074
Japanese Yen
141.2860
85.7113
122.6500
1.0000
89.9832
13.1678
US Dollar
1.5706
0.9525
1.3638
0.011126
1.0000
0.1463
Chinese Yuan Reminbi
10.7352
6.5106
9.3216
0.07604
6.8351
1.0000
Source: Currency Exchange Rates provided by OANDA, the currency site.
