Finance · Guided Practice

Foreign Exchange

11 questions with answers and video solutions. Try each one before revealing the answer.

1
The exchange rate is £1=1.16\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 1.16 euros.
Convert £250\displaystyle \pounds 250 into euros.
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2
The exchange rate is £1=1.16\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 1.16 euros.
Convert 464\displaystyle 464 euros into pounds.
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3
The exchange rate is £1=9.85\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 9.85 Danish krone.
Convert £180\displaystyle \pounds 180 into Danish krone.
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4
The exchange rates are:
£1=1.27\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 1.27 US dollars
£1=1.15\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 1.15 euros
Convert 508\displaystyle 508 US dollars into euros.
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5
Innes takes £600\displaystyle \pounds 600 to Sweden and changes it all into krona.
The exchange rate is £1=13.4\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 13.4 krona.
He spends 5360\displaystyle 5360 krona.
He changes the rest back into pounds at the same rate.
Calculate how many pounds he receives.
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6
The exchange rate is £1=1.18\displaystyle \pounds 1 = 1.18 euros.
A camera costs 767\displaystyle 767 euros.
Calculate the cost of the camera in pounds.
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7
2018 P1 Q7
(1, 2)3 Marks

Gavin is going to South America to do charity work.
He changes £750 into Bolivian boliviano.

Currency exchange
Pounds sterling (£)Other currencies
120 Argentine peso
19 Bolivian boliviano
14 Brazilian real

(a) How many Bolivian boliviano will he receive?

He spends 2700 Bolivian boliviano.
He changes the remaining Bolivian boliviano into Argentine peso.

(b) How many Argentine peso will he receive?

8
2021 P2 Q3
3 Marks

Ben went to Canada and then to the United States of America. The exchange rates were

Currency exchange
Pounds sterlingOther currencies
11.75 Canadian dollars
11.31 US dollars

Ben changed £900 into Canadian dollars. He spent 945 Canadian dollars during his stay in Canada. He changed his remaining Canadian dollars into US dollars.
Calculate how many US dollars he received.

9
2023 P2 Q6(a)
3 Marks

Lorna is travelling around Europe.

Rates of exchange
Pounds sterling (£) Other currencies
1 1.15 euros
1 4.94 Polish zlotys
  • Lorna converted £640 into Polish zlotys.
  • She was in Poland for 4 days.
  • She spent 340 Polish zlotys each day she was in Poland.
  • She converted her remaining Polish zlotys into euros.

(a) Calculate how many euros she received.

10
2024 P2 Q9(a)
2 Marks

Emma is planning a holiday to Spain.
Her sister, who lives in the USA, sent her $100 for her birthday.
Emma exchanged it for euros to use as spending money.

Exchange Rates:
£1 = 1.11 euros
£1 = $1.30

(a) Calculate how many euros Emma received.

11
2025 P2 Q7(b)
3 Marks

James spent time in New York then travelled to Toronto, Canada.

Rate of exchange
Pounds sterling (£)US dollars
11.28

James changed £1500 into US dollars.
He spent an average of 130 US dollars each day for 7 days.
He changed his remaining US dollars into Canadian dollars.
He received 1363.50 Canadian dollars.

(b) Calculate the rate of exchange for US dollars into Canadian dollars.

Rate of exchange
US dollarsCanadian dollars
1?