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.