Exchange Rates (Leaving Cert Mathematics): Flashcards

📚Flashcards
Exchange Rates
Sign up to keep revising.Create a free account to study more flashcards and track your progress.

Practise the cards

10 cards from this deck

Show

What an exchange rate tells us

How much one unit of a currency is worth in another currency

Meaning of €1 = 1.32 USD

1 euro equals 1.32 US dollars

Factors causing exchange rates to fluctuate

Inflation, trade, and global economic conditions

Operation to convert € to USD

Multiply the amount in euros by the exchange rate

Operation to convert USD to €

Divide the dollar amount by the exchange rate

Formula: Converting € to USD

€ ×\times Rate = USD

Formula: Converting USD to €

USD ÷\div Rate = €

€500 at rate €1 = 1.32 USD gives

660 USD

594 USD at rate €1 = 1.32 USD gives

€450

Rounding rule for exchange rate answers

Round to two decimal places unless told otherwise

Join 100,000+ Leaving Cert students studying Flashcards with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.