Title: Budgeting a Two Week Trip to Chile


 
Mathematics

EARL 5 The student understands how mathematic ideas connect within mathematics to subject areas.
To meet this standard, the student will:
5.1 relate concepts and procedures within mathematics.
5.2 relate mathematical concepts and procedures to other disciplines.
5.3. relates mathematical concepts.

Materials
pen, pencil, computer, internet connection if possible, guide books for Latin America

Activity
Describe a two week tour of Chile in July of 1998. Start your trip from Seattle,Washington. Pick and chose those things that you think would be most interesting to visit. Then write a budget. Be sure to include :

a. the cost of a round trip ticket
b. cost of clothes you may buy in the USA or in Chile.
c. cost of food on a meal to meal basis
d. the cost of each part of the trip in US dollars and Chilean pesos.
e. cost of tours, taxis,, laundry, hotel rooms etc.
f. a conversion table for changing dollars to pesos and pesos to dollars.
g. cost of different goods from different parts of the country.
h. souvenirs y "cosas tipicas" that you buy for gifts
i. post cards, letters, phone calls etc.

Remember that all this must stay within a $60. dollar a day budget.
Your final paper will include an itinerary and a budget - both in US and Pesos.

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