bodleing2: I'm old enough to have grown up in the uk pre decimal, when almost every trip to the shops would require quite complex calculations. Such as....
Johnny goes into the sweets shop a buys,
I bag of sweets....tuppence Toffee apple.........a tanner Chocolate bar.......one and seven Ice cream. ............two and eleven Pack of gum..........thrupence Box of chocolates.half a crown
Johnny gives the shop keeper ten bob. How much change should the shopkeeper give him back?
Never would/could understand this about shillings, etc. Reading a book about England I have to read this old system all the time and am lost totally lost
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Such as....
Johnny goes into the sweets shop a buys,
I bag of sweets....tuppence
Toffee apple.........a tanner
Chocolate bar.......one and seven
Ice cream. ............two and eleven
Pack of gum..........thrupence
Box of chocolates.half a crown
Johnny gives the shop keeper ten bob. How much change should the shopkeeper give him back?
Reading a book about England I have to read this old system all the time and am lost totally lost