1. A Google A Day

2. Culture

3. how much would you have in U.S. dollars?
Culture
If you came home from a trip with 150 South African rand, Kuwaiti dinars and 200 Japanese yen,
how much would you have in U.S. dollars?

4. Hints Things to think about as you get started1
To solve this problem you need to know about a special Google feature that helps with conversions. 2
Can you find that feature and then use it to solve the problem?

5. How to find the answer
Answer $1, USD Search Use Google Currency Converter. Your query of [150 rand in USD] gives you $22.23, [350 Kuwaiti dinars in USD] gives you $ and [200 yen in USD] gives you $2.50. Use Google Calculator. Find you would have returned home with $1, USD.

6. Background and further discussion
See if you can figure out how many currencies are linked together.
For instance, compare the conversion rate of the US dollar and the dollar of Belize. Some currencies change their value with respect to each other over time.

7. Follow-up questions
How many different currencies are there in the world? How many do you recognize?
Do the Belizian and US dollar ever vary in value as compared to each other?