Lesson Plan

Currency Exchange

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Take your class on a North American adventure with a currency conversion problem. Pupils are asked to change US dollars into Canadian dollars and then to Mexican pesos. The commentary includes two solutions, converting by unit rates and using dimensional analysis. Use unit rate conversion for understanding and dimensional analysis to ready students for higher levels of science.  

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CCSS: Designed
Pros
  • Good real-world example in unit conversion
  • Uses two different methods to solve
Cons
  • None