Magical Maths Summer 1
Magical Maths!
Or how to convert your Muggle money into Wizard money
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In order to buy your Hogwarts items in Diagon Alley, you must first change your Muggle money into Wizard money at Gringott’s bank. |
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Wizard Money
•Knuts = bronze |
Changing your Muggle money
•If 1 Galleon is the same as £10, how many Galleons will you get for £100?
•For £120?
•For £200?
•For £270?
•For £63?
Changing your Muggle money
•1 Galleon is the same as 17 Sickles.
•If 1 Galleon = £10, how much is each Sickle worth (approximately)?
•What operation would you do?
•How would you use a calculator to help you find the answer? What keys would you press?
Sickles and Knuts
•1 Sickle = 29 Knuts
•So if 1 Sickle = 60p, how much is 1 Knut worth in Muggle money?
•What operation do you need to use?
•What keys would you press on the calculator to get your answer?
Now you’ve worked out how much your money is worth, can you work out how much these magical items would cost in Muggle money?
| An owl costs 12 Galleons •1 Galleon = £10 •1 Sickle = 60p •1 Knut = 2p |
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| A Nimbus 2000 costs 150 Galleons •1 Galleon = £10 •1 Sickle = 60p •1 Knut = 2p |
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| A bottle of butterbeer in The Leaky Cauldron costs 2 Sickles and 9 Knuts •1 Galleon = £10 •1 Sickle = 60p •1 Knut = 2p |
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| A quill from Scrivenshafts costs8 Sickles and 12 Knuts •1 Galleon = £10 •1 Sickle = 60p •1 Knut = 2p |
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Now have a go at the worksheets! You can download and try them.
Magical Money
Challenge 2
Changing to Muggle money:
| 1 Galleon = 17 Sickles 1 Sickle = 29 Knuts |
1 Galleon = £20 1 Sickle = £1.20 1 Knut = 4p |
How much does it cost to buy these items in Muggle money?
a chocolate frog 3 Sickles
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A packet of Bertie Bott’s every flavour beans 5 Sickles and 8 Knuts
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The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1 2 Galleons and 2 Sickles
by Miranda Goshawk
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A set of Hogwarts robes (plain black) 5 Galleons and 8 Sickles
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A pair of dragonhide protective gloves 10 Sickles and 21 Knuts
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A pewter cauldron 7 Sickles and 9 Knuts
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A winter cloak 3 Galleons and 10 Sickles
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A wand 16 Galleons and 11 Sickles
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Magical Theory by Adalbert Wafling 4 Sickles and 14 Knuts
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A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration 8 Sickles and 15 Knuts
By Emeric Switch
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A Cleansweep broomstick 14 Galleons 6 Sickles
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A roll of parchment 27 Knuts
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Extension:
What other items would you like to buy from Diagon Alley? Invent a price for them and then convert the price into Muggle money.