Lesson 2- Muggle Currency

I thought that it was time for you to learn about the currency system that British Muggles use. They have eight coins and four banknotes. The coins are 1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 pence, 50 pence, 1 pound, and 2 pounds and the notes are the 5 pound note, the 10 pound note, the 20 pound note and the 50 pound note. They use the decimal system meaning that there are one hundred pence to a pound.
To give you an idea on how much a pound is worth, consider this:
One galleon is worth £2.62
One sickle is worth £0.15
One knut is worth £0.005

This means that you need two knuts to get even one penny.
Now I want you to try to convert these problems. You may certainly use a calculator.

Pounds to galleons
£4
£8
£3.98
£1
£7.42
£2.11

Lesson One- Rubber Ducks

A Rubber Duck is a toy shaped like a duck; it is usually yellow and made of rubber. Many people link rubber ducks to bathing, as they are a bath time toy for kids. These rubber ducks became popular when Jim Henson performed the songs “Rubber duckie” and “duckie” as Ernie on Sesame Street in 1970. In 2001 A British tabloid reported that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. A workman who was repainting the bathroom reported this. The story of the Queens Rubber ducky inflated sales of rubber ducks by 80% for a short time in the United Kingdom. In 2007, the Guinness world record for the world’s largest rubber duck collection had 2,583 ducks, all belonging to a woman named Charlotte Lee.

Homework (worth 50 house points):
1. What is a rubber duck?
2. When did rubber ducks become popular?
3.why did they become popular?
4. why did rubber duck sales increase in the united kingdom?
5.by how much did rubber duck sales increase in the united kingdom?
6.How many rubber ducks are in the worlds largest collection?
7.who owns those rubber ducks?
8. what are rubber ducks commonly linked to?
9.True or False: Jimi Hendrix made rubber ducks popular
10.True or False:a workman found a rubber duck in Queen Elizabeth I's bathroom.


Homework is due by June 20th.

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A. Cars
B. Rubber Ducks
C. Sproks
D. Television
E. Football

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