Graphing Exchange Rates Worksheet
This worksheet focuses on understanding and graphing exchange rates, analyzing currency fluctuations, and interpreting graphical representations of currency conversions for Grade 11 math students.
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Read each question carefully and provide your answers. Show all your work where applicable. Use the provided graph paper for graphing exercises.
1. Define what an exchange rate represents in the context of international finance.
2. Explain the difference between a 'stronger' and a 'weaker' currency.
Use the following exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.85 EUR for the questions below.
3. If you have 500 USD, you would have EUR.
4. If you have 170 EUR, you would need USD.
5. A graph shows the exchange rate of USD to CAD over a month. If the line on the graph is steadily decreasing, what does this indicate?
The USD is strengthening against the CAD.
The CAD is strengthening against the USD.
The exchange rate is stable.
There is no relationship between the currencies.
6. Plot the following exchange rates for 1 GBP (Great British Pound) to USD (United States Dollar) over five days on the graph below. Label your axes appropriately.
Day 1: 1.35 USD Day 2: 1.38 USD Day 3: 1.36 USD Day 4: 1.37 USD Day 5: 1.40 USD
7. Based on your graph, describe the trend in the GBP to USD exchange rate over these five days.
8. An appreciation of a currency means that it can buy less of another currency.
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False
9. Exchange rate graphs typically show time on the x-axis and the exchange rate value on the y-axis.
True
False