given sum, reduce them to the decimal of a pound, then multiply and divide as above, &c. 2. Reduce 36l. 11s. 8d. New-Jersey, &c. currency, to federal money. £36,5854 decimal value. 8 $ 3)292,6832(97,56106 Ans. ANSWERS. £. s. d. $ cts. m. 5. Reduce 240 0 0 to federal money 640 00 To reduce the currency of South-Carolina and Georgia, to federal money. RULE. Multiply the given sum by 30, and divide the product by 7, the quotient will be the dollars, cents, &c.' EXAMPLES.. 1. Reduce 1001. South-Carolina and Georgia currency, to federal money. 100l.×30=3000; 3000÷7=$428,5714 Ans. 2. Reduce 54l. 16s. 93d. Georgia currency, to federal money. 54,8406 decimal expression. 30 *4s. 8d. or 56d to the dollar of a pound; therefore ×30÷7. To reduce the currency of Canada and Nova-Scotia, to Federal Money. Multiply the given sum by 4, the product will be dollars. NOTE. Five shillings of this currency are equal to a dollar; consequently 4 dollars make one pound. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 1251. Canada and Nova-Scotia currency, to federal money. 125 Ans. $500 2. Reduce 551, 10s. 6d. Nova-Scotia currency, to dol55,525 decimal value. lars. 4 $ cts. Ans. $222, 100=222 10 3. Reduce 241 18 9 to federal money. ANSWERS. 4. Reduce 58 13 6 967.75 234 70 2115 53 4.50 899 80 2.79 8. Reduce 0 13 111 REDUCTION OF COIN. RULES For reducing the Federal Money to the currencies of the several United States. To reduce Federal Money to the currency of 94 New-York, & Multiply the given sum by ',4 2. N. Carolina. RULE. RULE. RULE. and the product will be pounds, and decimals of a pound. Multiply the given sum by ,3 and divide the product by 8, & the quotient will be pounds, and decimals of a pound. Multiply the given sum by,7 and divide by 50, the quotient will be the answer in pounds, and decimals of a pound. EXAMPLES, In the foregoing Rules. 1. Reduce $152, 60 cts. to New-England currency. ,3 £45, 780 Ans. £45 15s. 7,2d. 20 But the value of any decimal of a pound, may be found by inspec15, 600 tion. See problem II. page 88. 12 7, 200 2. In $190, how many pounds, N. Engian currency. ,3 £58,8 Ans.=£58 16 5. Reduce $629 into New-York, &c. currency. ,4 £251,6 Ans.£251 12 4. Bring $110, 51 cts. 1 m. into New-Jersey, &c. currency. $110,511 3 Double 4 makes 8s. Then 39 far 8)331,533 things is 9d. Sqrs. See Problem II. page 88. £41,441 Ans. 41 8s. 94d. by Inspection. 5. Bring $65, 36 cts. into South-Carolina, &c. currency. ,7 ANSWERS. £. s. d. 6. Reduce 425,07 to N. E. &c. currency. 127 10 5 + 7. Reduce 36,11 to N. Y. &c. currency. 8. Reduce 315,44 to N. J. &c. currency. 118 9. Reduce 690,45 to S. C. &c. currency. 161 2 1,2 To reduce Federal Money to Canada and Nova-Scotia Currency. Divide the Dollars, &c. by 4, the quotient will be pounds, and decimals of a pound. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce $741 into Canada and Nova-Scotia currency. $ cts. 4)741,00 185,25-185 5s. 2. Bring $311, 75 cts. into Nova-Scotia currency. $ cts. 4)311,750 £77,9375 £77 18s. 9d. Bring 82907, 56 cts. into Nova-Scotia currency. Ans. £726 17s. 9td. 4. Reduce 82114, 50 cts. into Canada currency. Ans. £528 12s. 6d. RULES, for reducing the currencies of the several Unito the par of all the others. See the given currency right hand, till you come under the required currency, N. England, Tennessee. New-Jerse N. England, New-Jrsey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New-York, Kentucky, Tennessee. Pennsylvania, Deduct one Delaware, fifth from the and given sum. Maryland. and Maryland. and N. Carolina. 4th from the 16th from the North-Caro-New-York, &c. New-York. Multiply the Multiply the Multiply the South-Caroli-given sum by given sum by given sum by na, and 9, and divide 45, and divide 12, and di Georgia. the product the product vide the proby 7. by 28. duct by 7. Multiply the Add one 5th Add one half given sum by Canada, Nova-Scotia.da, &c. and to the Cana-to the Canada 8, and divide Sterling. Multiply the Multiply the To the Eng-Engl'h money English sum lish sum add by 5, and di-by 10, and diJone third. vide the pro-vide the pro duct by 3. duct by 9. i |