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How many cents are 2 dimes? 5 dimes? 6 dimes? 7 dimes ? 11 dimes?

How many dimes are 2 dollars? 5 dollars? 7 dollars? 10 dollars? 12 dollars?

How many eagles are 20 dollars? 30 dollars? 40 dollars? 60 dollars? 80 dollars? 100 dollars? 120 dollars ?

How many cents are 44 pence?

How many cents are 9 pence?

A. 61.

A. 12.

How many cents are 18 pence or of a dollar? A. 25.

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How many cents is one dollar?

How many cents is a pistareen ?
How many cents is half a pistareen?

How many 9 pences in a dollar?

How many 4 pence-half-pennies in a dollar?

A. 50.

A. 75.

A. 100.

A. 20.

A. 10.

A. 8.

A. 16.

You buy 4 yards of cloth for $1, and give the shop keeper two fifty cent bits; how much change must he give you?

You buy some calico to the amount of 17 cts. and you give the clerk a pistareen; how much change must he give you? You give a pistareen for 1 fish; how many cents must you give for 2? For 3? For 5? For 7? For 9? For 12?

What will 2 yards of ribbon come to in cents, at 44d. per yard? At 9d.? At 4 of a dollar? At a dollar ? At of a dollar? What will 20 pencils come to, at 5 cents for 10, and 10 dimes for 10?

What is the sum of 50 cents and 5 dimes?

What is the sum of 6 cents, 12 cents, 20 cents, and 2 dimes? If you give 25 cents for a top; 25 cents for a knife; 1 dime for a slate; how much do they all come to?

What is this which you have now been doing, called? A. Addition of Federal Money.

What are eagles and dollars both called in accounts? A. Dollars.

What are dimes and cents, called? A. Cents.

NOTE. The names of coins less than a dollar, express their value.

Mill is contracted from Mille, the Latin for thousand, Cent from Centum, the Latin for hundred; and Dime from Disme, the French for tenth.

How much silver is a pound of pure gold worth? A. 15 pounds,

RULE.-How do you place dollars, cents, &c. to be added? A. Dollars under dollars, cents under cents, mills under mills. If the cents are less than 10; how must they be written down with dollars? A. With a cipher between the cents and dollars; in the dimes' place.

For example.-How would you write down $1 and 5 cts. ?

A. 105.

How do you add ? A. As in Simple Addition.

Where do you place the separatrix ? A. Directly under the separating points above.

What is the separatrix ? A. The comma between the dollars and cents.

What is the proof? A. The same as in Simple Addition.

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Exercises for the Slate.

Bought a chaise for $126,18c. a watch for $280,25c. a coach for $850,62 c. a hat for $6,50 c. and a whip for $2,98 c. How much did all these come to?

Bought a cap for $7.50 c. a coat for $12, 18c. a pair of silk stockings for $1,62c. and a cane for $2,87.c; what was the cost of the whole?

A. $24,17c.

If I give $10,1c. for a cart, $50 for a yoke of cattle, 7,20c. for a plough, $65 for a horse,

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$37,50c. for some hay; how much will all $1266,53c. Ans. these come to ? A. $169,71 cts.

If of an orange is worth 2 cents, how much is worth? How much is a whole orange worth?

If of a vessel is worth $25000,50c.; what is the whole vessel worth? A. $75001,50c.

Ift of a vessel is worth $3700,12c.; what is a whole vessel worth? A. $14800,48c.

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If of the stock in a bank be worth $2356,56c.; what is worth? worth? A. Total, $14139,36c.

SUBTRACTION OF FEDERAL MONEY.

If you buy a top for 20 cents, 12 marbles for 20 cents, and 6 oranges for 10 cents, and sell them for 5 dimes; do you make or lose by trading?

Your father gave you 15 mills, 4 mills, 1 mill, 2 dimes, and 28 cents, and said, that if you would tell him how much more it would take to make a dollar, he would give you as much more; how much did it take?

You bought a yard of ribbon for 24 cents, and gave to your sister, and sold the rest at 10 cents for a quarter of a yard; did you make or lose? and how much?

If 3 dollars buy one yard of cloth; what is of a yard worth?

A, B, and C, buy a chaise for 90 dollars, A. pays of it; how many dollars do B. and C. pay ?

What is this which you have been doing, called ? A. Subtraction of Federal Money.

RULE.-How do you place dollars, cents, &c. to be subtracted? A. as in Addition of Federal Money.

How do you subtract? A. As in Simple Subtraction.

Exercises for the Slate.

A ma owing $36,46c.5m. and paid $27,69c.6 mills; how much did he then owe?

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Ans. $8,76,9

You borrow $536,15c. and pay $236,18c.; how much remains unpaid? A. $299,97c.

On a settlement of accounts, my neighbour's against me, amounted to $52,5c.4m. and mine against him was $27,5c.5m. now which owes the other a balance, and how much is it? A. I owe my neighbour $24,99c.9m.

A merchant bought a quantity of coffee for $526,50c. he afterwards sold it for 626,25c.5m.; how much did he make by the sale? A. $99,75c.5m.

My travelling expences on a journey were as follows; for stage fare 18 dols. for board 9 dols. 50 cents; for carrying my trunk at different times 75 cents; for private conveyance at one time 6 dols. 22 c. 5 m., at another $7; now how much shall I have left on my return home, of two fifty dollar bills that I took with me? A. $58,52c.5m.

Suppose I owe the following sums; to Y. $60,01c., to G. $356,07c. to P. $23,50c. to D. $700, and my whole stock is worth no more than $1000, now am I in debt more than I can pay, and how much? A. $139,58c. more than I am worth.

If of a vessel is worth $12000,25c.; how much is the whole vessel worth; and how much will be lost on it, if it is sold for $50,000? A. The whole of the vessel is worth $120002,50c. and the loss will be $70002,50c.

MULTIPLICATION OF FEDERAL MONEY.

What will 20 yards of cloth come to, at $2 per yard? At $4? At $6? At $10?

What will 10 yards of tape come to in cents, at 3 mills a yard ? At 8 mills? At 2 cents? At 9 cents ? At 15 cents? At 12 cents?

How many 9 pences are there in a dollar? How many 4 pences?

At 4 pence a yard, what will 2 yards of ribbon come to in cents? What will 3 yards? 4 yds.? 8 yds.? 12 yds.? 16 yds.? 20 yds? 24 yds.? 32 yds.? 48 yds.? 56 yds.? 64 yds.?

What will 2 oranges come to in cents, at 2 dimes per orange? What will 3? 5? 6?7? 9? 12? 15 ?

What is this which you have now been doing, called? A. Multiplication of Federal Money.

How is the multiplicand to be written down in Federal Money? A. As in whole numbers.

If the cents are less than 10; where must the cipher be put, in writing them down? A. In the dimes' place, or between the dollars and cents,

How do you multiply? A. As in whole numbers.

How many places do you retain in the product for cents and mills? A. As many as are in the multiplicand.

Exercises for the Slate.

At $25,6c.5m. a month, what will 6 months' labour come to? If one pair of shoes cost $2,25c. what will 2 pair cost? 3 pair cost? 4 pair? 5 pair? 7 pair? 9 pair? A. Total, $67,50c.

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What will 12 pair cost? 15 pair cost? 18 pair cost? 23 pair cost? A. Total $153.

What will 26 pair cost? 37 pair cost? 53 pair cost? 75 pair cost? A. Total $429,75c. What will 85 pair cost? 150 pair cost? 183 pair cost? 165 pair cost? A. total $1311,75c.

What will 250 pair cost? 800 pair cost? A. Total $2362,50c. If your travelling expences for one day are 48c.5mills; how much will the travelling expences for one year, or 365 days amount to at that rate? A. $177,02c.5m.

How much will the travelling expences for 2 years? For 3 years? For 5 years? For 6 years? A. Total. $2832,40c. For 7 years? For 9 years? For 10 years? A. Total. $4602,65c.

What will 2 hogsheads of wine come to at $32,50 for one hogshead? A. $65.

What will 3 hogsheads come to? What will 12? What will 15 A. Total. $975,

What will 25 hogsheads come to? What will 35 hogsheads? 150 hogsheads? A. Total $6825.

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DIVISION OF FEDERAL MONEY.

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You give 12 cents and 5 mills for 2 sticks of twist; how much is that for one stick?

If you give 2 dimes and 5 cents for 2 slates; how much are the slates apiece?

If 28 pounds of tea cost 28 dols.; what will 1 pound cost? What will 8 pounds? 5 pounds? 22 pounds?

If 20 cwt. of hay cost $40; what will 1 cwt. cost? What will 7cwt. cost? What will 11 cwt.? What will 15 cwt.? What will 1 cwt. or 4 qrs.? What will 2 qrs? What will 1 qr. or 28 pounds? What will 14 pounds? What will 7 pounds? What will 3 pounds?

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What is this which you have now been doing called? A. Division of Federal Money.

RULE. What is the rule? A. Divide as in whole numbers. What will the quotient come out in? A. In the same name as the dividend.

Suppose you had one figure in your dividend in mills, or added one figure in dividing; how many figures at the right hand of the quotient would you call mills? A. One.

Exercises for the Slate.

If 37 yds. of cloth cost $175,50c. what will 1 yd. cost?

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If you divide $35001,50c. equally among 125 sailors; how many dollars will each have? A. $280,01c.2m.

If a bank is worth $30515,50c. what is of it worth? A. $305, 15c.5m..

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If a vessel and cargo are valued at $20,000, what is worth? A. $714, 28c.5m.

16 men draw $2050,65 cents in a lottery; how much is each man's part, if it be equally divided among them? A. $128,16c.5m.

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