2. Reduce 36L. 15s. to shillings.
3. Reduce 32L. 12s. 4d. to pence.
4. Bring 102L. 19s. 74d. to farthings.

Facit 735s. Result 7828d.

Result 98861qrs.

5. Bring 21L. 10s. 6d. to farthings.

Result 20666qrs.

6. Reduce 137L. 15s. 6d. to farthings.

7. Bring 45L. 3s. 11⁄2d. to halfpence.

Result 132267qrs.

Result 21675 halfpence.
Result 5040 halfp.
Result 5088qrs.
Facit 1945qrs.
Facit 313qrs.
which consists

8. Bring 10L. 10s. to halfpence. 9. Bring 5L. 6s. to farthings. 10. Bring 2L. Os. 64d. to farthings. 11. Bring 6s. 64d. to farthings.

Note 1-A sum of Federal Money,

Facit 2550cts.

of dollars and cents, is reduced to cents, by simply removing the separating point. 12. Reduce $25.50 to cents. 13. Bring $456.05 to cents. 14. Bring $967.10 to cents.

Result 45605cts.

Result 96710cts.

Note 2. To reduce a sum which consists of dollars and cents, to fourths, thirds, or halves of a cent, &c. reduce it first to cents as in the foregoing examples, then reduce those cents to fourths, thirds, or halves, &c. as under rule 1. note 2. Simple Reduction. 15. Reduce $5.25 to fourths or quarters of a cent.

Facit 2100 fourths.

16. Bring $10.18% to fourths of a cent.

Result 4075 fourths.

17. Bring $95.12 to fourths of a cent.

Result 38050 fourths.

18. Reduce $17.333 to thirds of a cent.

Result 5200 thirds.

19. Reduce $56 66% to thirds of a cent.

Result 17000 thirds. 20. Bring $420.10 to half cents. Facit 84020 halves. 21. Bring $375.12 to half cents. Result 75025 halves.

*

Note 3.-To reduce pence, Pennsylvania currency, to cents, annex a cypher to their number, and divide by 9. To reduce pence to mills, annex two cyphers, and divide by 9.

*The same rule that applies to Pennsylvania currency, applies also to the currencies of New-Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

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22. Reduce 1575 pence to cents.

Facit 1750 cts.

9)15750

1750 cents.

Result 5250 cts.

23. Bring 4725 pence to cents. 24. Bring 3150 pence to cents.

Result 3500 cts.

25. Reduce 1575 pence to mills. Facit 17500 mills. Note 4.-To change pounds Pennsylvania currency, to Federal Money, annex two cyphers to their number, then multiply by 8, and divide the product by 3; the quotient will be cents, which reduce to dollars. 26. Reduce 25 pounds to dollars.

2500
8

Facit 66.663.

3)20000

$66.663

27. Bring 150 pounds to dollars. 28. Bring 756 pounds to dollars. 29. Bring 17 pounds to dollars.

Result $400.00 Result $2016.00. Result $45.33.

If there are shillings, or shillings and pence, with the pounds, reduce the whole to pence; then reduce those pence to cents, and the cents to dollars.

30. Reduce 156 pounds, 6 shillings, to dollars.

Facit $416.80.

31. Bring 29 pounds, 12 shillings, to dollars.

Result $78.93. 32. Bring 100 pounds, 12 shillings, and 6 pence, to dollars. Result $268.33. Note 5. To reduce cents to pence, Pennsylvania currency, multiply by 9, and separate one figure from the right of the product. Result 323 pence.

33. Reduce 359 cents to pence.

359

9

3231

Facit 80 pence. Facit 315 pence. dollars and cents, to reduce them first to

34. Bring 89 cents to pence. 35. Bring 350 cents to pence. Note 6. To reduce dollars, or pounds Pennsylvania currency, cents, then reduce those cents to pence, and then reduce those pence to pounds.

36. Reduce $68.30 to pounds. 37. Bring $450 to pounds.

38. Reduce 125 dollars to pounds. Facit 46L. 17s. 6d.

39. Bring $246.29 to pounds. 40. Bring 728 dollars to pounds. 41. Bring $79.60 to pounds.

Result 92L. 7s. 2d.

Result 273L. Result 29L. 17s.

Note 7.-To reduce pounds sterling to Federal Money, bring them to sixpences, or to pence, and to these annex two cyphers; then, if sixpences, divide by 9, but if pence, divide by 54, and the quotient will be cents, which reduce to dollars.

42. Reduce 230L. 15s. 6d. sterling to Federal Money. 230L. 15s. 6d.

20

4615

2

9)923100

Result $1025.66+

43. Reduce 218L. 19s. 6d. sterling to Federal Money.

Facit $973.22+

44. Bring 25L. sterling to Federal Money.

Result 111.11+

45. Bring 437L. 18s. sterling to Federal Money.

Facit 1946dols. 22cts.

Note 8.-A general rule to change the currency of each of the States to Federal Money.

Reduce the given sum to shillings, or to sixpences, or to pence, and to these annex two cyphers; then divide by the number of shillings, sixpences, or pence in a dollar, as it passes in each State: the quotient will be cents. (For the value of a dollar, see the table at page 65.)

46. Reduce 63L. 15s. New-England or Virginia currency to Federal Money, a dollar being_6s.

Facit $212.50.

47. Reduce 112L. 16s. New-York or North-Carolina currency, to Federal Money. 48. Reduce 161L. 14s. South-Carolina or Georgia currency, to Federal Money.

Result $282.00

Result $693.00

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1. Reduce 47 pounds, 10 ounces, 15 pennyweights,

Facit 11495dwt.

to penny weights.
2. Reduce 5lb. 6oz. 4dwt. 20gr. to grains.

Result 31796gr.

3. Bring 2 tons, 15cwt. 2 quarters, to quarters.

Result 222qrs.

Result 6745lb.

4. Bring 3 tons, 25lb. to pounds.
5. Reduce 7cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. to ounces.

Facit 14048oz.

6. Bring 27 73 23 19 2grs. to grains.

Result 159022grs.

7. Bring 3 leagues, 2 miles, 7 furlongs, to furlongs.

8. Bring 57 miles, 2 furlongs, to poles.

9. Reduce 15 yards, 2 feet, to inches. 10. Bring 42 English ells, 3 quarters,

Result 95fur.

Result 18320P.
Result 564in.
to quarters.
Result 213qrs.

11. Bring 17 yards, 2 quarters, 2 nails, to nails.

Result 282na.

12. Reduce 11 acres, 2 roods, 19 perches, to perches. Result 1859P. 13. Bring 17 acres, 3 roods to perches. Result 2840P.

14. Reduce 14 tuns, 3 hogsheads, to hogsheads.

Result 59hhd.

15. Reduce 2 hogsheads, 10 gallons, to quarts.

Result 544qt.

16. Bring 40 gallons, 3 quarts, 1 pint, to pints.

Result 327pt. 17. Bring 16 bushels, 1 peck, to pecks. Result 65pe. 18. Bring 15 bushels, 6 quarts, to quarts. Facit 486qt. 19. Reduce 18 years, 6 months, to months.

Result 222mo. 20. Bring 3 weeks, 4 days, to days. Result 25D. 21. Bring 2 weeks, 20 hours, to minutes.

Result 21360min.

PROMISCUOUS QUESTIONS.

1. How many shillings are there in 45 pounds, 10 shillings? Ans. 910s. 2. How many cents are there in 630 pence, Pennsylvania currency?

3. What number of farthings do 18s.

4. How many pence are there in 4L.

Ans. 700cts.

6d. make?

Ans. 888far.

5s. 4d.?

Ans. 1024d.

Ans. $100.

5. How many dollars are there in 37L. 10s. Pennsylvania currency? 6. In 1400 cents, how many pence, Pennsylvania currency? Ans. 1260 pence.

Ans. 240L. 9s. 9d.

7. In 64130 cents, how many pounds, Pennsylvania currency? 8. How many pounds, Pennsylvania currency, are there in 560 dollars? Ans. 210L. 9. How many dollars are there in 600 pounds, NewYork currency? Ans. $1500. 10. In 38L. 9s. 3d. sterling, how many dollars?

Ans. $170.944+

11. In 845 French crowns, how many pounds, Pennsylvania currency? Ans. 348L. 11s. 3d.

12. How many spoons weighing each 5oz. 10dwt. will 10lb. 1oz. of silver make?

Ans. 22.

13. A grocer has 34cwt. 2qrs. 12lb. of sugar,

and