- In January 2000, Mr. Silva made a bank deposit of 250
000$00 escudos. Knowing that he is going to have 4%
interest a year, how many Euros will he have in January
2002?
R- In January 2002 Mr. Silva will have in is bank account 1296,874 Euros.
- Mr. Rui is an engineer who went working to Germany for
6 months. During that time he earned about 3024 German
marks,how many Euros did he earn at the of the contract?
R- At the end of the contract he earned 9 276.874 Euros.
- The Portuguese government has announced that he is
going to invest 13 billion escudos to improve the prison
accommodations. Considering that 55% of the investment
is going to be spent in the North of Portugal, how many
Euros are they going to spend in the rest of the country?
R- The Portuguese government will spend 29 180 Euros in the rest of the country.
- A young couple has bought a new house and has paid 20
million Escudos. The government will reduce the price of
the house in 0.05% if they pay in Euros. What was the
amount of the reduction in Euros?
R- The benefit was 4988 Euros.
- A master jeweller has bought 400gm of gold. Knowing
that each gm costs 1876$80 Escudos, how much did he
spend?
R- He spent 750720$00 Escudos.
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With the gold bought he made 10 bracelets and sold
each at 120 000$00 escudos. How much did he earn in
Euros in each bracelet?
R- He earned 224 Euros in each bracelet.
