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2. Non-decimal currency - Wikipedia

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   A British gold sovereign with a face value of £1. Prior to decimalisation on 15 February 1971, £1 was made up of 240 pence.. A non-decimal currency is a currency that has sub-units that are a non-decimal fraction of the main unit, i.e. the number of sub-units in a main unit is not a power of 10.

3. Mill (currency) - Wikipedia

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   For example, a broker that charges 5 mils per share is taking in $5 every 1000 shares traded. [dubious – discuss] [7] Additionally, in finance the term is sometimes spelled "mil". [8] Cf. basis point. Some exchanges allow prices to be accounted in ten-thousandths of a dollar ($29.4125 = 29,412.5₥ for example).

4. List of alternative names for currency - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of alternative names for currency. A currency refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange , especially circulating banknotes and coins . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money (monetary units) in common use, especially in a nation.

5. Exchange rate - Wikipedia

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   The key currency generally refers to a world currency, which is widely used for pricing, settlement, reserve currency, freely convertible, and internationally accepted currency. Cross rate: After the basic exchange rate is worked out, the exchange rate of the local currency against other foreign currencies can be calculated through the basic ...

6. Word problem - Wikipedia

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   Word problem (mathematics education), a type of textbook exercise or exam question to have students apply abstract mathematical concepts to real-world situations; Word problem (mathematics), a decision problem for algebraic identities in mathematics and computer science; Word problem for groups, the problem of recognizing the identity element ...

7. Change-making problem - Wikipedia

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   One variation of this problem assumes that the people making change will use the "greedy algorithm" for making change, even when that requires more than the minimum number of coins. Most current currencies use a 1-2-5 series , but some other set of denominations would require fewer denominations of coins or a smaller average number of coins to ...