Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Calgary, Canada – London, England
Conversion Factors:
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
Welcome to London, England. The first thing you do is take a ride on the London Eye for 37 £.
You enjoy a double decker bus tour for 14.4 £. You also purchase a London Snow globe for
2.27£.
1.
How many £ did you spend in total so far?
2.
Convert your total £ to Canadian dollars you spent.
You stop at a local McDonalds to order a cheese burger, chips and a Coke. A cheese burger
costs £2.50, small chips costs £1.50 and a small Coke costs £1.00.
3. What is the total cost of the meal at McDonalds in £?
4.
Convert £ to Canadian dollars.
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
When you arrive at the airport to return to Calgary, you find a model of Big Ben you wish to
buy. The model costs £12. You also want to buy a Manchester United Jersey for £35. You only
have 40 Canadian dollars left. What can you afford?
5.
Convert $40 Canadian dollars to £.
a) What can you afford?
Col-Lau Air from London to Calgary allows baggage up to 50 lbs. Your luggage weighs 21kg.
Is your bag light enough for the flight?
6.
Convert 21kg to lbs.
a) Is 21kg less than 50lbs?
7.
Your return flight is the 7916km. Convert km to mi.
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Calgary, Canada – Mexico City, Mexico
Conversion Factors:
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Mexican Peso
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = 13.27 peso
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
Welcome to Mexico. Puerto Vallarta is home to Mexico’s longest zip line. For 1300 pesos you
enjoy your first day in Mexico at the Puerto Vallarta Extreme Zip Line Adventure! You can’t
resist purchasing 5 Puerto Vallarta T-shirt for 725 pesos (1 for you and one for each of your
fantastic math & science teachers). The next day you enjoy a surf lesson for 300 pesos.
1. What is the total number of pesos you have spent on your trip so far?
2. Convert pesos to Canadian Dollars.
Over the next few days you decide to relax on the beach. The waiters never let your drink go dry
or your Smarties bowl get low. Each day, you tip the waiter 20 pesos.
3. Convert 20 pesos to Canadian Dollars.
An American traveler on the flight seated next to you tells you that the flight distance from
Puerto Vallarta to Calgary is 2336 mi.
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
4. Convert 2336 mi to km.
After some time, the flight attendant announces that you are 500km away from Calgary and will
start your decent in 30 minutes. The American traveler next to you asks how many miles 500km
is.
5. Convert 500km to mi.
You arrive back at the Calgary airport tired from a long day of travel. A White-Hat (a greeter at
the Calgary airport), helps you get your luggage off of the carrousel, puts it on a trolley and hails
you a cab. You reach in your pocket and have 100 pesos in your pocket. You give it to the
helpful person. Figure out how many Canadian Dollars you just tipped the White-Hat.
6. Convert 100pesos to Canadian Dollars
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Calgary, Canada – Shanghai, China
Conversion Factors:
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Chinese yuan
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = 6.257 yuan
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
Welcome to Shanghai. While in Shanghai, you enjoy the Shanghai circus for 580 yuan , visit the
Pearl Tower for 120 yuan, and go wild on a shopping spree on Nanjing Road blowing 1555
yuan.
1. How many yuan have you spent?
2. Convert yuan to Canadian dollars?
You head to a fresh fish market to buy some fish to enjoy for lunch. You purchase 2.5lbs of fish
for 60 yuan.
3. Convert 2.5lbs to kg.
4. Convert 60 yuan to Canadian Dollars.
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
As you walk through the market enjoying the drinks and food you suddenly need to find a
bathroom. Asking a local, you find that the closest bathroom is 0.5 miles away.
5. Convert 0.5 miles to km.
Col-Lau air has just changed the luggage weight limit to 55lbs. If your luggage weighs 26kg, are
you under the limit?
6. Convert 26kg to lbs.
a. Over or Under the limit?
b. How many lbs difference?
c. Convert the difference in lbs to kg.
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Calgary, Canada – Agra, Uttar Predesh,
India
Conversion Factors:
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Indian Rupee
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = 55.9 Rupees
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
Welcome to Agra! While in Agra, you take a bus tour to the Taj Mahal for 1700Rs, enjoy a 5star Indian feast for 880Rs and invest in a Persian rug for 13814 Rs.
1. How many Rupees have you spent?
2. Convert to Canadian dollars.
Col-Lau air has just changed the luggage policy!! You are allowed a second piece of luggage
with a weight limit of 13kg. There are no exceptions. The rug your purchased is 25lb and can be
stowed as your second luggage bag. Does it meet the luggage limits?
3. Convert 25lbs to kg.
4. Does the rug meet the luggage weight restrictions? Can you bring the rug back to Calgary?
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
You enjoyed the 5-star Indian fest earlier in your trip so much that you decide you would like to
eat that feast again. You have $30 Canadian Dollars left in your pocket. Can you afford the
meal?
5. Convert $30 Canadian dollars to Rupees.
6. Can you afford the meal?
Flying around the world is exciting, but you are starting to wish you were home. If the flight
from Agra to Calgary is 11000 miles, how many kilometers will you travel before you land in
Calgary?
7. Convert 1100 miles to km?
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Calgary, Canada – Pisa, Italy
Conversion Factors:
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Euros
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .776 Euros
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
Congratulations!!! Having flown thousands of kilometers with Col-Lau air, you have received a
free flight to Pisa, Italy!! Pack your bags! You are leaving immediately.
Welcome to Pisa! The first thing on your list to do is to tour the Pisa tower. A ticket costs 17
Euro. The tower of Pisa is one of your favorite sites in all of your travels. You purchase a
replica tower of Pisa statue for 8.90 Euro. Lastly, in all of your travels you have not been to a
museum. You pay the 5 Euro admission and visit the Museum of Art and Culture in Pisa.
1. How many Euros have you spent?
2. Convert Euros to Canadian Dollars?
Upon your arrival at the airport, a young man approaches you and offers to help you with your
luggage. He escorts you to the ticket booth. You get your ticket from the ticket agent and turn
around to find the young man gone. He’s stolen your luggage and your beloved tower of Pisa
statue. At least there is no worry about calculating your luggage weight.
Math 10
Amathzing Race!
Name: _____________________________
Canadian Dollar (CAD) and British Pound (£)
Miles (mi) and kilometres (km)
Pounds (lb) and kilograms (kg)
1CAD = .6277 £
1 mi = 1.61 km
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
On the flight home the stewardess notifies you that you are 100 miles from the Calgary airport,
beginning your decent. How many km will you travel before you land?
3. Convert 100mi to km.
In all of your travels, you have ate well, but have walked hundreds of kilometers and enjoyed a
very active series of vacations. Arriving home, you have found that you have lost 15 lbs. How
many kg have you lost?
4. Convert 15lbs to kg.
2 weeks after you returned from Italy, you receive a phone call from the Col-Lau Air. Your
luggage has been recovered. Col-Lau air delivers your luggage. Unpacking it you find that you
have 100 pesos, 20 Rupees and 25 Euros in hidden compartments. How much Canadian money
have you found?
5. Convert 100 pesos to Canadian Dollars.
6. Convert 20 Rupees to Canadian Dollars.
7. Convert 25 Euros to Canadian Dollars.
8. How much did you find in total in Canadian Dollars?