More Multiplying and Dividing, Percents

1 livre = 20 sols
1 sol = 12 deniers
6 livres and 12 sols = 1 écu
24 livres = 1 louis d’or

Use the information above to solve these French money problems.

1. Twenty sols make up 1 livre. How many livres are 1,300 sols?

2. If 20 sols make up 1 livre, how many sols make up 6 livres?

3. Twelve deniers make up one sol. How many sols are 120 deniers?

4. If 12 deniers make up one sol, how many deniers make up 8 sols?

5. How many livres make up 5 louis d’or?

6. If you added 8 sols to an écu, what would you have?

7. Nicolas Denys earned 8,000 livres in one year. He earned 3,600 livres for trading fish, 3,200 livres for selling lumber and 1,200 livres for writing a book about life in St. Peter’s.

   1. What percent of his income does he get from selling fish?

   2. What percent of his income does he get from selling timber?

   3. What percent of his income does he get from writing his book?