Day 57 (D-4) A little practical information: TIME / MONEY / TEMPERATURE

LONG AGAIN TODAY. BUT PRACTICAL, USEFUL, HELPFUL.

1. TIME: You remember that there are 8 hours difference between Grenoble and Denver. They are 8 hours BEHIND us. Their workday begins when ours finishes. So, that means when we arrive at 19h (7 p.m.) local time, it will in fact for our weary bodies be 3 a.m. the following day. So we'll probably go straight to bed as soon as we arrive at the hotel!

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2. MONEY: Today's rate of exchange shows that $1 = 89 euro centimes.

I did the multiplication for you here, but it's easiest to consider $1 is 10% less than 1 euro.  So if you buy Navajo turquoise souvenir jewellery that costs $75, that means you are approximately spending 75-7.5 = 68.5€

(exactly 66.50€).  But with today's smartphones, we can quickly have the exact equivalent!!  Google "dollar euro exchange rate"!  However, it is a good idea to use our brains from time to time!

DOLLARS 

$1 = .89 € 

$2 = 1.78 €

$3 = 2.67 €

$4 = 3.56 €

$5 = 4.45 €

$6 = 5.34 €

$7 = 6.23 €

$8 = 7.12 €

$9 = 8.01 €

$10 = 8.90 € ... in fact, that would be 8.87€ exactly

If we round off the number to 0.90€, it's easier. So remember your 9 times table....and your numbers in English!  Use your brain!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cMyE5O94I  FUN!

COINS: (again, approximately)

5 cents (a nickel) = 4.5 centimes

10 cents (a dime) = 8.9 centimes

25 cents (a quarter) = 22 centimes

50 cents (a half dollar) = 44 centimes

It's easiest to consider them as having the same value.

Coins : (Here are the most common ones; there are other coins you may see)
5 cents (a nickel):

There are older nickels, no longer in circulation, called Buffalo nickels. The last Buffalo nickels were struck in April 1938, at the Denver mint and on October 3, 1938, production of the Thomas Jefferson nickel (above) began.

10 cents (a dime) Franklin Roosevelt (FDR):

25 cents (the original quarter): 

25 cents (newer quarters of the states we'll be visiting.. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona):

To remember our visit to Arches.

Do you know why the train is a part of Utah's history?

50 cents (a half-dollar): 

3. TEMPERATURE

Money's exchange rate changes from day to day.  But for temperature, these conversions stay the same, year after year!

Celsius / Fahrenheit conversions below 

(and you can look at the quick way to calculate at the end of this list)

10°C = 50°F

11°C = 51.8°F

12°C = 53.6°F

13°C = 55.4°F

14°C = 57.2°F

15°C = 59°F

16°C = 60.8°F

17°C = 62.6°F

18°C = 64.4°F

19°C = 66.2°F

20°C = 68°F

21°C = 69.8°F

22°C = 71.6°F

23°C = 73.4°F

24°C = 75.2°F

25°C = 77°F

26C = 78.8°F

27°C = 80.6°F

28°C = 82.4°F

29°C = 84.2°F

30°C = 86°

STOP!

Converting Farenheit to Celsius: Sorry, more math!

Example 70°F

70 - 30 = 40 

40 divided by 2 = 20 and add 10% (2)  = 22°C roughly

Another example:

86°F - 30 = 56 divided by 2 = 28; add 2.8 = 30.8°C roughly (a cinch = fastoche!  Example: This recipe is a cinch to make. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkW22a_gwmQ )

3.  Distances:  miles / kilometers... Again, in case you have forgotten since you began reading this blog in April!

miles to kilometers -->  1 mile = 1.6 km

10 miles = 16km --> 60% more.

Quick calculation: you add 60%, easier : you add 50% plus 10%

Example 50 miles = 50 + 25 + 5 = 80 km.  Exact answer =

80.4672.  So that's not bad for a quick conversion.

Another example, 90 miles.

90 + 45 = 135;  135 + 9 = 144 km (exact answer = 144.84)

1 kilometer = 0.66 mile --->  You're subtracting (roughly) 40%

120km - 60 = 60  then add 12 (10%) = 72 miles ( more exactly 74.57 miles)  So, close enough.

Which is easier, maths or English?

But again, smartphones make life easier!

My best,

Jane

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-- round off = another phrasal verb, easy, like in French arrondir

-- roughly = we already saw this word meaning approximately

-- struck = frappé;  Like in French, you strike a coin.

-- a cinch = something really easy; "fastoche"

STOP!

Jane