Numbers may feel boring to learn, but they are ESSENTIAL! You’ll need them to understand the time, prices, currency exchange, how long the tour lasts, etc. There’s no way around it: you’ll need to understand numbers during a language immersion experience.

If you’re traveling with me to Mexico or Colombia, check out current estimated exchange rates:

Colombia 🇨🇴

• 1000 pesos = 30¢ USD
• 2000 pesos = 60¢ USD
• 5000 pesos = $1.50 USD
• 10,000 pesos = $3 USD
• 20,000 pesos = $6 USD
• 50,000 pesos = $15 USD
• 100,000 pesos = $30 USD

Mexico 🇲🇽

• 20 pesos = $1 USD
• 50 pesos = $3 USD
• 100 pesos = $6 USD
• 200 pesos = $11 USD
• 500 pesos = $28 USD
• 1000 pesos = $57 USD

Take a moment over the next several days to refresh your numbers.

The good news: you don’t have to learn individual numbers. You have to learn groups of numbers, which will allow you to communicate about thousands of numbers.

1. By ones: 0-20.
2. By tens: 10-100.
3. By the hundreds: 100-900.
4. By the thousands: 1000-10,000+.

Think about all the ways we’ll use numbers during our immersion travels:

• You need numbers 1-59 to tell time: 3:20, 5:35, 7:45, 11:55…
• Your dinner could cost 350 Mexican pesos or 50,000 Colombian pesos. A souvenir could cost 200, 1500, or 68,000 pesos.
• The 100s-1000s are used to talk about years: 500 BC, 800 AD, 1786, 1985, 2026 (think guided tours about the history of a city or site).

Remember: don’t expect to learn everything in a day! Take some time to study, review, and then come back. Exposure and practice are key.

Ready to get started? Explore this link.

Another resource: Numbers 100-999

Videos on 10-1000:

¡Buena suerte con sus estudios! Como siempre, déjenme saber si tienen preguntas.

Elizabeth