Exercise 39
The Euro
At the end of this exercise you will:
• Know how the Euro was named
• Know the countries using the Euro
• Be able to name all the Euro notes
• Be able to name all the Euro coins
• Be able to calculate exchange rates
Answers on page 6 and 7, of this exercise.
The EURO
€
The euro was first used on the 1st January 2002 and the symbol is €.
The Greek letter Epsilon in reference to the cradle of European Civilisation inspired the euro symbol and it’s also the first letter of the word ‘Europe’.
The euro was worth 79p or if you want to be exact £0.787564.
The Euro money is made up of 7 different value notes and 8 different cent coins. All these notes and coins can be used in 12 EU countries:
The eleven member states that joined the euro from the beginning (1ST January 1999) are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and then Greece joined on the 1st January 2001. Three member states – Denmark, Sweden and Great Britain decided against joining the Euro in 1999
The way that these member states were remembered by the not so pleasant words
‘BAFFLING PIGS’. This was made up of the first letter of the eleven countries, this is known as an acronym.
Now some more countries have joined the euro, it will be interesting to see what acronym they are going to come up with this time, to enable them to remember all the countries.
These are the countries that are in the European Union at the moment:
Austria Belgium
Czech Republic
Cyprus (South) (pounds)
Denmark (ex Faroe Islands) (kroner) Estonia
Finland (ex Aland) France
Germany (inc Corsica) Hungary
Ireland
Italy (ex Livigno and Campione)
Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta (lira) Netherlands Poland
Portugal (inc Madeira and Azores) Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain (ex Ceuta and Melilla) Sweden (kroner)
United Kingdom (inc Isle of Man) (pounds)
Note: The countries coloured blue, are not yet using the euro currency and the name of their currency is given in italics.
The following countries will accept the euro, but will give the change back in their own currency:
Liechtenstein, Monaco (Monte Carlo), San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City.
The Euro
State the value of all the notes and coins on this page, then calculate the total value of all of them. The answers are to be written, in word and number form.
€500 – Five hundred euro note
€1 – one euro coin
Total value in numbers =
Total value in words =
The Tourist’s Exchange Rates
Use this table of currency exchange rates for the following problems.
€1 =
Australia 1.7242dollars Canada 1.5859dollars Cyprus 0.5818pounds Denmark 7.4398kroner Japan 134.32yen
Malta 0.4324lira
Norway 8.175kroner
South Africa 7.9051rand Sweden 9.0483kroner Switzerland 1.5491francs Thailand 48.3971baht U.K.(Britain) 0.7006pounds U. S. America 1.3091dollars Vietnam 10,509dongs 14-01-05
Note: when changing money a commission is charge for the service.
Example: How many Vietnam dongs would you get for €200 and how much commission will you have to pay if the bank charges 5%?
Commission on €200 at 5% = 200 x 5 = 2x 5 = €10 commission 100 1
You will get 10,509 dongs for every €1 that you have.
But you have to deduct €10 from the original €200 because of bank charges.
So multiply 10,509 dongs by €190 to get the answer.
10,509 x 190 9 445 881 0 1 0 5 0 9 0 0 1 9 9 6 7 1 0
1
Answer = 1,996,710 dongs (
(1 million, nine hundred and ninety-six thousand, seven hundred and ten dongs)
Exercise 1:
How many yen would you get for €250? If Bank A charges a flat rate of €5
commission and bank B charges 1% commission, in which Bank will you get the best value, given that the exchange rate is the same in both banks?
(There is 134.32 yen for each €1)
Exercise 2:
Find the value of €48.50 cents to two decimal places for all of the currencies listed below?
Australia Canada Norway Sweden U.K. (Britain)
U. S. America
Here is a problem for you to solve.
All countries using the euro currency have the same notes and the coins have one side the same, but the other is different.
Can you or your friends name the countries where these coins come from?
__________ ___________ ___________ ___________ __________
__________ ___________ ___________ ___________ __________
__________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Answers
Page 3: The Euro
€500 – Five hundred euro note
€1 – one euro coin
€50 – Fifty euro note
10 cents – ten cents
€20 – Twenty euro note
20 cent coin
€200 – Two hundred euro note
€2 – two euro coin
€10 – Ten euro note
2 cents – Two cent coin
€100 euro note
5 cent – Five cent coin
€5 euro note
50 cent – Fifty cent coin
Total value in numbers = Total value in words =
1 cent – One cent coin
€888 . 88.
Eight hundred and eighty-eight euro and eighty-eight cents
Page 4
Exercise 1:
How many yen would you get for €250? If Bank A charges a flat rate of €5
commission and bank B charges 1% commission, in which Bank will you get the best value, given that the exchange rate is the same in both banks?
(There is 134.32 yen for each €1)
Bank A charges €5 and Bank B charges 1% = 1 x 250 = 25 = €2.50 100 10 Therefore Bank B gives the best deal at €2.50
Now take €2.50 from €250 = €247.50 which is to be multiplied by 134.32 yen (Using your calculator)
= 33,244.2 yen
Page 5
Exercise 2:
Australia 1.7242dollars x €48.50 = $83.62 Canada 1.5859dollars x €48.50 = $76.92 Norway 8.175kroner x €48.50 = 411.04kroner Sweden 9.0483kroner x €48.50 = 438.84kroner U.K.(Britain) 0.7006pounds x €48.50 = £33.98 U. S. America 1.3091dollars x €48.50 = $63.49