Decimals versus commas …

Some countries use a decimal where we in the US would use a comma.  For example, 6.000 in Costa Rica would actually mean 6,000 to us.  Now figure out how much my Slamwich cost!  BTW I believe the exchange rate is about 500 colones for $1 US.

24 Responses to Decimals versus commas …

  1. Well if the slamwich over here is five dollars, is it around 2.500 colones? Aww man, someone all ready answered with the same answer……..

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  2. My. T, I think i got this! According to my calculations you paid $12.77 for your Grand Slamwich, and that is pretty expensive! I hope it tasted good!

  3. oh…i didn’t know that! they use decimal points instead of commas. well then, that would make your Grand Slamwich … about $12.62 in US dollars!!!

  4. 6.385 = 12.77 US dollars… i think… That’s so weird that they use decimal points as commas. What do they put when they need to write a real decimal like 0.0345?

  5. hey mr.t did you know that longline fishing started around the early 90′s????? i also learned that from the video that we watched yesterday and also are we really sending those letters to the secretary-general ban ki-moon????

  6. Money is way different in Costa Rica and the U.S., 500 colones for a dollar? That would be like 5000 colones = 10 dollars. Some countries are just weird with money ; )

  7. That’s pretty interesting!! Have you gotten confused with this method of currency? I would mess my up to see decimals where commas are supposed to be! Was it hard to understand this method at first?

  8. hmmm. so if we had a # like, say, 2,956.7834, they would put 2.956,7834. right
    any way all this is amazing. have you had to save some eggs yet

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