Lewis the Lion was very happy when he arrived in Bolivia because for the first time during his travels in South America, the currency (Bolivianos) was really easy to convert into pounds and pence. You simply had to divide by 10. So, as long as you knew about place value, it was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy!
For example,
1 Boliviano = 10 pence
10 Bolivianos = £1
100 Bolivianos = £10 and so on.
Here are two photos of Lewis with some Bolivian notes and coins:
Lewis the Lion with the front of the Bolivian notes
Lewis the Lion poses with the back of some of the Bolivian notes
Check out Lewis the Lion’s next blog where he discovers how coins are made at the Bolivian National Mint.
Can you set your friends some challenges to convert Bolivianos into pounds and pence or vice-versa, to convert pounds and pence into Bolivianos?
