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Import/Export

This Core Maths activity explores exchange rates and international commerce. Students are asked to compare five different countries’ manufacturing costs and decide which option would be the cheapest.

Import/Export: Lesson plan
This lesson plan includes suggested scaffolding and extension tasks, outlines require student knowledge and details the activities involved within the lesson.
 

Import/Export: Answers
This Excel spreadsheet contains the total cost to produce the items in each of the five possible countries.

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