Shekels and agorot

The currency used in Israel is the Shekel. There are 100 agorot in 1 shekel. You can only find coins of 10 agorots. There are also coins of ½, 1, 2, 5 and 10 shekels and banknotes of 20, 50, 100 and 200 shekels.

A fast way of converting shekel prices into dollars or euros is to divide the amount by 4 (4 shekels ≈ 1 dollar).

The shekel is represented by this symbol: ₪

Below I list the prices of different common products I purchased:

-a bottle of milk (2L) = ₪16

-a dozen eggs = ₪10

-soluble coffee (200 g) = ₪30

-a bag of pita chips = ₪11
-hummus (400g) = ₪12

-a bottle of water (1L) = ₪3.5

-spaguetti (500g) = ₪7.5

-tomato sauce (400g) = ₪12

-a bottle of sunscreen (200mL) = ₪34

-roll-on deodorant = ₪13
-tampons (20) = ₪22
-toothpaste = ₪20
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