Question

05.06 Shopping In Other Countries Currency Activity

Currency is fluid. The value of the dollar compared to the Colombian peso, for example, is always changing. Some days it will be higher, and other days it will be lower.

Colombian currency uses especially high numbers. For example, $2000 Colombian pesos are only worth about $1 American dollar! Using that equation, calculate the cost of the objects Sandra has found in Colombia from Colombian pesos to U.S. dollars using complete sentences.

$1 US dollar = $2000 Colombian pesos (COL$)

Por ejemplo:
¿Cuánto cuesta una bolsa Colombiana en dólares?
30,000 COL$
Answer: Una bolsa Colombiana cuesta $15 dolares.

1. ¿Cuánto cuesta una sueter?
44,000 COL$

2. ¿Cuánto cuesta un café colombiano?
3,000 COL$
     

3. ¿Cuánto cuestan los aretes (earrings)?
16,000 COL$

4. ¿Cuánto cuesta una paleta (popsicle)?
1,500 COL$
     

5. ¿Cuánto cuesta una tarjeta postal (postcard)?
2,500 COL$

5 complete sentences using “cuesta” or “cuestan.
Correct currency exchanges in U.S. dollars according to the equation.

Answer 1

1 El sueter cuesta 22 dolares.

2 cafe colombiano cuesta 1.50

3 los aretes cuestan 8 dolares

4 la paleta cuesta .75 centavos

5 la tarjeta postal cuesta 1.25