Bonus Activity - Airplane tickets can be very expensive. The table below lists the cost of one return ticket for one person from Auckland, New Zealand to the capital city of each country included in the Summer Learning Journey programme. The costs are listed in the local currency (money) of the country and not in New Zealand dollars.
Name of City
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Cost of Return Flight
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Canberra, Australia
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826 AUD Australian Dollars
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Tokyo, Japan
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147172 JPY Japanese Yen
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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7182 MYR Malaysian Ringgit
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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7219 AED United Arab Emirates Dirham
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Cape Town, South Africa
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27296 ZAR South African Rand
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Berlin, Germany
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2182 EUR Euros
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London, England
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1442 GBP Great British Pounds
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Santiago, Chile
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1 582 030 CLP Chilean Peso
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Mexico City, Mexico
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90 664 MXN Mexican Peso
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Ottawa, Canada
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2064 CAD Canadian Dollar
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Use the XE currency converter website [http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/] to find out how much each ticket would cost in New Zealand dollars [NZD $$]. On your blog, tell us:
- How much it would cost in New Zealand dollars to fly to each country.
- Which country is the most expensive country to visit
- Which country is the least expensive country to visit
- How much it would cost in New Zealand dollars to fly to each country:
To fly to Canada it will cost =
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To Germany it will cost =
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To Japan it will cost =
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0. 0121837 = NZD
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To Chile it will cost =
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0. 102599 = NZD
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To South Africa it will cost =
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0. 102559 = NZD
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To Australia it will cost =
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To Mexico it will cost =
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0. 0703001 = NZD
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To England it will cost =
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To United Arab Emirates it will cost =
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0. 391123 = NZD
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To Malaysia it will cost =
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0. 320951 = NZD
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2. Which country is the most expensive country to visit:
Mexico is the most expensive country to visit! =
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It costs about 0. 0703001 = NZD
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3. Which country is the least expensive country to visit:
Australia is the least expensive country to visit =
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Hello Von
ReplyDeleteAwesome job on this activity. Keep up the awesome work!
Daniel
Kia ora Von,
ReplyDeleteConverting all the different currencies from around the world can often be quite tricky! I know I struggle with it every now and again, so I usually just pop into a bank and they do it all for me easy peasy :-)
Well done on getting the answers to questions 2 and 3 right. Mexico is definitely the most expensive place to travel, and Australia is the cheapest. Why do you think that is? Have you ever travelled to either of those countries before?
Just looking at your currency conversion into NZ dollars, I think you might have just included our currency rate. Which means how many NZ dollars are equal to one currency unit from another country. For example, 1 Japanese Yen is equal to 0.012 NZD, which is exactly right! What you need to do is add in the next step of converting the cost of the flight (which is written in the first table) into NZD dollars. So if 1 Yen = NZ$0.012, how many NZD would 147,172 Yen be equal to?
Does that make sense? If you're still a little confused just ask away and I'm happy to help :-)
Cheers,
Dan.