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Unit 2: Maths
Workshop 1
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Name: Paula Natalia Ortiz Perilla Cohort: 2141976-4 Date:23/07/2021

Training program: Gestión Bancaria y de Entidades Instructor: Julieta Patricia Muñoz

Financieras.

BASIC MATHS OPERATIONS (ADDING/SUBTRACTING/MULTIPLYING)

MONEY, CURRENCY EQUIVALENCE

This workshop attempts to help you strengthen your Math skills in English, by using the
language in the development and understanding of some basic math operations, talking
about currencies around the world and how to convert from one to another one.

Objective: from the development of this workshop, you will be able to talk about
currencies and do some math operations in English.

1. Answer the following questions:

- What do you know about the basic Math operations? Mention them, which one is your
favorite?

● the basic math operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and my favorite is addition

- When is it common to use Math? Give some examples.

● To solve basic operations in everyday life, for example when handling money

- Which basic Math operation is difficult to you?

● the math operation that is most difficult for me is division

2. Skills practice: do the following activities to practice the learnt vocabulary and English structures.

2.1. LISTENING PRACTICE: video about basic math vocabulary

Before watching the video, make a word search with the following words:

operations, addition, multiplication, calculation, math symbols, equals, plus, minus, times,
divided by, add, subtract, divide, multiply, be good/bad at math

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 Watch the video and identify the vocabulary.

Read and write the results to each one the exercises below1. Choose 10 of these exercises and
record them.

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 1. 15 - 11 + 3= 7
2. 22 - 22 + 4 = 4
3. 16 + 40 - 16 = 40
4. 32 / 4 * 3 = 24
5. 10 * 5 * 2= 100
6. 64 / 8 * 5 = 40
7. 6 * 7 - 20= 22
8. 12 * 4 + 8 = 56
9. 43 + 21 - 17 = 47
10. 9 * 1 * 8 = 72
11. 78 / 6 * 3 = 39
12. 10 + 3 - 3 = 10
13. 52 * 2 - 31 = 73
14. 2 * 7 * 3= 42

2.2. READING PRACTICE: Read the article

THE U.S.A. DOLLAR

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has suggested that the U.S. dollar could be losing its status as the
world's most important currency. Mr Lavrov said that because the U.S. has imposed economic sanctions on
countries like Iran, Turkey and Russia,
these countries could start conducting international business in their own national currencies instead of the
dollar. In addition, countries that have had trade tariffs imposed on them by
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the U.S. could also do trade in their own currencies. This could include the global
economic superpower China ditching the dollar. China is already setting up trade
deals in its own currency. Experts say the U.S. dollar could lose its position as the
international reserve currency.

The U.S. dollar replaced the British pound as the international reserve currency in the
1920s. Since then, most international trade has taken place using the dollar. Today,
when China buys oil from Iran, it pays in U.S. dollars. This means more U.S. dollars
flow out of the U.S. than flow in. The effect of this is the U.S. has a currency deficit as
its dollars are in the bank accounts of other countries. Mr Lavrov said: "I'm confident
that the grave abuse of the role of the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency will
result over time in the weakening and demise of its role." China's currency the yuan is
emerging as an alternative trading currency. Africa's most populous nation Nigeria has
already started trading using the yuan.

2. 2.1 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. Suggested a. serious

2. Status b. doing

3. Imposed c. specialists

4. Conducting d. standing

5. Experts e. consequence

6. Replaced f. shortfall

7. Effect g. indicated

8. Deficit h. substitute

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 9. Grave i. applied

10. Alternative j. took over from

2.2.2 Multiple choice exercise

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6) What was the international reserve currency
before the dollar?
a) the British pound
1) What is the name of Russia's foreign b) the French franc
minister? c) the rouble
a) Anna Netrebko d) gold
b) Sergei Lavrov 7) What might China buy from Iran and pay for in
c) Boris Yeltsin dollars?
d) Vladimir Putin a) cars
2) What did the USA impose on Turkey, Iran b) gold
and Russia? c) carpets
a) financial ultimatums d) oil
b) taxes 8) What does the USA have because so many
c) economic sanctions dollars flow out of the country?
d) conditions a) a trade surplus
3) What could countries like Turkey and Iran b) a big bank
use instead of the dollar? c) a currency deficit
a) oil d) fiscal reform
b) gold 9) What did the article say is emerging as an
c) the Euro alternative trading currency?
d) their own currencies a) the Euro
4) What could the economic superpower b) gold
China do to the dollar? c) the British pound
a) print it d) the Chinese yuan
b) ditch it 10) Which country has already started trading in
c) buy it China's currency?
d) invest it a) India
5) Who said the dollar could lose its position b) Nigeria
as the reserve currency? c) Japan
a) experts
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