India uses rupees to buy and sell things, just like you use coins or bills to get your favorite snacks from the store.
What is a rupee?
How it works
Imagine your piggy bank has 10 coins. Each coin is worth 1 rupee. If you want to buy a pencil that costs 5 rupees, you take out 5 of those coins, and the shopkeeper gives you the pencil. That’s how people in India use rupees every day, to get what they need or want!
Examples
- A child buys a candy bar with coins from the market.
- India has used the same currency for hundreds of years.
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See also
- How Does Paper Money Stay in Circulation for So Long?
- How Does Money Become Worthless?
- What causes money?
- What is dollar?
- What does Japan use yen for?