Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Currency Exchange

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Students use ratio and rate to answer this performance task: Joe was planning a business trip to Canada, so he went to the bank to exchange $200 U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars (at a rate of $1.02 CDN per $1 US). On the way home from the bank, Joe's boss called to say that the destination of the trip had changed to Mexico City. Joe went back to the bank to exchange his Canadian dollars for Mexican pesos (at a rate of 10.8 pesos per $1 CDN). How many Mexican pesos did Joe get?

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ratios

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performance task, ratio and rate, real-world math problems, 6.rp.a.3, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, creative commons, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, illustrative mathematics

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

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