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How many zeroes? Lewis discovers huge numbers with the Indonesian Rupiah

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion had thought that the Chilean peso had a lot of zeroes but that was before he encountered the Indonesian Rupiah which was almost double again! So one British pound was equal to: $717.68 Chilean pesos but was … Continue reading →

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Maths and the Mexican currency

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion discovered that the currency used in Mexico is the Mexican peso (often written as MXP for short). Here is a picture of the notes and coins used in Mexico. The conversion is this: 1 Mexican peso = … Continue reading →

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The surprise of the Ecuadorian currency

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Helen Molloy

As Lewis the Lion tried to find out about the Ecuadorian currency, he was a little bit baffled. He couldn’t seem to find it anywhere on his currency converter on his mobile phone application? In the end he checked in … Continue reading →

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Lewis learns the importance of his 4 times tables!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion was starting to realise how important so many of the things were that he had learnt in school. In particular, he was starting to understand how important it was to know all of his table facts off … Continue reading →

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Lewis the Lion loves the Bolivian Currency

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Helen Molloy

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 … Continue reading →

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Lewis the Lion and Uruguayan Money

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Helen Molloy

As Lewis the Lion mentioned in his blog about arriving in Salto, Uruguay, at first it seemed very strange for him to be handling Uruguayan money as it seemed like so much! He had to use his maths skills very … Continue reading →

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