I want to teach american money in my class... but I don�t know how much is it 1 cent or penny? Somebody knows how much is it in chilean pesos? for example 1 penny in chilean pesos is 50 pesos... Can anybody help me, please?... Thanks

Most of students have cellular phones with a conversion table, so they can check the dollar or euro correspondance with their curreny at any time, so when I teach money I inform them the current value, but from them on I tell that when I say "dollar" they are supposed to pretend 1 dollar is the equivalent to 1 real, to make it easier for them.

When the topic taught is not the American or British money it �s hard and unnecessary to convert. We use the money to teach some concepts like "enough", "expensive", and so on. If we pretend we �re talking about our money it �s easier for the students to understand.