2. If the sum consists of pounds, shillings, pence, &c. reduce the pounds and shillings to shillings, and the pence and farthings to the decimal of a shilling; annex this decimal to the shillings, with a point between; then divide the whole by the number of shillings in a dollar, and the quotient will be dollars, cents, milks, &c. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce £348, New England currency, to Federal money. 3)3480 Ans. $1160 Annexing a cipher to £348 reduces them to tenths of pounds=3480 tenths. Then a dollar, New England currency, is 2-3 tenths of a pound. And 3480 tenths, divided by 3 tenths, the quotient is 1160 dollars. 2. Reduce £145, New York, &c., currency, to Federal money. 4) 1450 362,5 We annex a cipher to the pounds, as before; then a dollar in this currency is of a pound,=£,4. Therefore we divide by 4, and the quotient is 362 dollars; and to the remainder we may annex a cipher, and divide, which gives Ans. $362 50cts. 3. Reduce £25 6s. 83d., New England currency, to Fed 50 cents. eral money. £25 6s. 6)506,7291 84,4548+ 4|3 128,75 ,7291 Ans. $84 45cts. 48m. This sum, consisting of pounds, shillings, pence, &c., we reduce the pounds and shillings to shillings, and the pence and qrs. to the decimal of a shilling and divide by the number of shillings in a dollar. 4. Reduce £56 11s. 91d., New York currency, to Federal 5. Reduce £35 11s. 6d., Connecticut currency, to Federal money. Ans. $118 58c. 3m.+ 6. Reduce £28 11s. 6d. Virginia currency, to Federal money. Ans. $95,25. 7. Change £419 10s. 8d., New York and Ohio currency, to Federal money. Ans. $1048 83c. 8m.+ 8. Reduce £721 9s. 111d., Massachusetts money, to Federal money. Ans. $2404 98c. 95 m.+ 9. Change £145, New York, &c., currency, to Federal Ans. $362 50cts. money. 10. Change £134, New England currency, to dollars. Ans. $446 66c. 6m.+ 11. Reduce £14 6s. 41d., New York, &c., currency, to Federal money. 12. Reduce £9 11s. 4d., Federal money. Ans. $35 79c. 6m.+ New England currency to PROBLEM II. To reduce New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland currencies to Federal money. RULE. Reduce the shillings, pence, &c., to the decimal of a pound; annex this decimal to the pounds; then multiply by 8 and divide the product by 3, the quotient will be dollars, &c. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce £41 19s., Pennsylvania currency, to Federal money. 41,95 3)335,60 Ans. $111,863 19s. reduced to the decimal of a pound, (by Inspection, see Rule, page 106,) are equal to £,95, &c. A dollar, this currency, is 7s. 6d. =90d. and a pound =240d., and 20; therefore a dollar is of a pound, and to divide by 3, wex by 8 and÷by 3. 90 2. Reduce £14 6s. 8d., New Jersey, &c., currency, to Federal money. Ans. $38 22c. 2m.+ 3. Change £9 6s. 3d. to Federal money. Ans. $24,832. 4. Reduce 19s. 111d. to Federal money. Ans. $2 66c. 1m.+ Ans. 48dols. 5. Reduce £18 to Federal money. 6. Reduce 18 Pennsylvania shillings to Federal money. Ans. 2dols. 40cts. 7. Reduce £25 13s. 41d. to Federal money. PROBLEM III. Ans. 68dols. 45cts. To reduce South Carolina and Georgia currency to Federal money. RULE. I. Reduce the shillings, pence, &c. to the decimal of a pound, as in problem 2. Then multiply by 30, and divide the product by 7; the quotient will be dollars, &c. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce £45 19s. Georgia currency, to Federal money. 45,95 30 7)1378,50 Ans. $196,929 240 A dollar this currency is 4s. 8d.= vide by the numerator. Ans. $47 85cts. 6m.+ 3. Reduce 18 Georgia shillings to dollars, &c. Ans. $3 857+ 4. Change £918s. 63. South Carolina currency, to Fed Ans. $42 54 4+ eral money. 5. How many dollars, &c. is there in 12s. 6d. South Carolina currency. Ans. $2 67 84. 6. Reduce £28 19s. to Federal money. Ans. $124 07+ 7. Reduce £94 14s. 8d. to Federal money. PROBLEM IV. Ans. $405 99 8+ To reduce Canada and Nova Scotia Currency to Federal money. RULE. Reduce the shillings, &c. to the decimal of a pound as before; then multiply by 4, the quotient will be dollars, &c. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce £11 7s. Canada, &c. currency, to Federal money. £11,35 4 In this currency the dollar being 5s. a pound, is equal to 4 dollars, consequently if we multiply the pounds and Ans. $45 40 decimals of a pound by 4, the product will be dollars and decimals of a dollar. 2. Reduce £28 9s. 6d. Canada currency, to dollars, &c. Ans. $113 90. 3. In £13 8s. Nova Scotia currency, how many dollars, &c. Ans. $53 60. 4. Reduce 16 Canada shillings to dollars, &c. 5. Reduce £45 to dollars. Ans. $3 20. Ans. $180. 6. Reduce £19 17s. 64d. Canada, &c. currency, to Federal money. Ans. $79 50,4. money. PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES. 1. Reduce £5 6s. New England currency, to Federal Ans. 17 666+ 2. Reduce £14 11 6d. New Jersey currency to dollars, &c. Ans. $38, 866+ 3. Reduce £95 Pennsylvania currency, to dollars, &c. Ans. $253 33. 4. Reduce 19 New York shillings to dollars, &c. Ans. $2 37. 5. Reduce 18s. 6d. Georgia currency, to dollars, &c. Ans. $3 964+ 6. Change £5 19s. 4 North Carolina currency, to dol lars, &c. 7. Change £14 10s. 6d. Massachusetts lars, &c. Ans. $14 9218. currency, to dolAns. $48 416+ 8. In 135 shillings Connecticut lars, &c. To Reduce Federal Money to the Currency of the several. States. I. To reduce Federal money to the currency of New England, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, the dollar being,3 of a pound. RULE. Multiply the given sum by,3, the product will be pounds and decimals of a pound. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce $125 41, to pounds, &c. We multiply the dollars, &c. by ,3, and the product is pounds and decimals of a pound. We may then, if we choose, find the value of the decimal by inspection (see the rule, page 108) thus double 6 the first decimal figure is 12s. Then deduct 1 from the remaining figures, 23, leaves 22qrs., and 22qrs.=to 5d. 2qrs. Ans. £37 12s. 5d. 2qrs. 2. Reduce $14,565 to pounds, &c. Ans. £4 7s. 4d. 2qrs.+ 3. Reduce $114,85 to pounds, &c. Ans. £34 9s. 1,2d, 4. Reduce $2,45 to shllings, &c. Ans. 14s. 8d. 1,6qr. II. To Reduce Federal money to New York, North Carolina, and Ohio, currency, the dollar being of a £. RULE, Multiply the given sum by,4, the product will be pounds and decimals of a pound. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce $362 50 to pounds. 2. Reduce $145 37 to pounds, &c. Ans. £145. Ans. £58 3s. 3. Reduce $18 75 to pounds, shillings, &c. Ans. £7. 10s. Ans. £38 684d. 4. Reduce $95 785 to pounds, &c. III. To reduce Federal money to New Jersey, Pennsyl |