1 USD = 3.78 shekels 1 USD = 0.71 Dinars1 USD = 1.83 Lira1 USD = 0.77 Euros1 USD = 50.2 rupees1 USD = 0.64 pounds2 USD = 100 rupees

Miss Staley went to Israel and Jordan for Christmas. During her trip she encountered different currencies. Answer each question and keep track of how much Miss Staley spent. Show all work!

Miss Staley brought $520 and 32,000 rupees with her on the trip.

#1Miss Staley got off the plane in

Israel and went to the money exchange Counter to get shekels. How many shekels did she get if she Gave the cashier 10,000 rupees?

#2During the first day, Miss Staley buys some bottled water, some chocolate and some souvenirs for

about $10. How many shekels is this?

#3She stayed in a hotel in Jerusalem for four nights. Each night cost 284 shekels. She was running low on shekels so she paid in dollars. How many US dollars did Miss

Staley spend on the hotel stay?

#4After Jerusalem, she drove through the Negev Desert and spent some time at a Bedouin camp.

They were giving camel rides for $15. How many shekels is this?

#5When Miss Staley got to Eilat, she

wanted to learn how to surf! A two hour lesson was $90. This was her last day in Israel so she wanted to pay with shekels since she can’t use them in Jordan. How many shekels did Miss Staley spend on the surfing

Lesson if she also tipped the Instructor 70 shekels?

# 6Miss Staley crossed the border into Jordan.

She hired a car to drive her the 125 kilometers to Petra. He charged 9 dinar per 25 kilometers. She changed all her leftover shekels into Jordanian dinars.

Does she have enough dinars to pay for the drive? If so, how many dinars does she have left. If not, how many more dinars does she need?

#7Petra is expensive!! It cost 50 dinars to get into Petra and 36 dinars to hire a tour guide for 2 hours. How

many US dollars will I have to change into dinars to pay for my visit to Petra?

#8How many US dollars does Miss Staley have left? Remember how much she started with and that she used US dollars to pay for the

hotel in Jerusalem and the trip to Petra.

#9After all that hiking, Miss Staley was

tired so she went to a resort at the Dead Sea for one night. She spent 72 dinars on a hotel, 28 dinars for food, 14 dinars on salt scrub, and 51 dinars on a rug. How many dollars did she need to change to dinars to enjoy her

stay at the Dead Sea?

# 10Does Miss Staley have enough dollars to pay for her stay at the Dead Sea Resort? How

many rupees will she need to change into dinars to be able to pay for it?

#11Miss Staley’s plane got delayed and she had to stay in Istanbul for a day so she decided to change 6500 rupees into lira. If she spent 93 lira on a tour of Istanbul and 21 lira on food, how

many lira does she have left?

#12If Miss Staley spends the rest of her Lira on yummy duty free chocolate at the airport, how many US

dollars did she spend on chocolate at the airport?

#13Miss Staley is exhausted when she gets back

to Mumbai. She picks up her luggage to make sure her chocolate is safe and heads to immigration to show her FRRO card. She heads outside and gets a cab to take her to Bandra. She is out of dinars, shekels, lira, and dollars, but she still has some rupees left! She pays the driver 500 rupees to take her home. How many rupees does she have left over from the whole trip?