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RULE. Q. How do you proceed to reduce this currency to federal money, and federal money to the same currency again?

A. Take ,4, and proceed with it as with,3, in the last rule.

Exercises for the Slate.

1. Change 204£. 18 s. to dollars and cents.

204£. 18 s. 204,9£.÷4=$512,25, Ans,

2. Change to federal money 409£. 16 s.-102450; 136£. 12 s.14150; 413£. 16 s.-103450; 49£. 12 s.-124; 50£. 2 s.-12525; 300£.-1500. A. $4149,75.

3. Will you change into New York currency $22,078 8-16-7-1; $44,154?-17-13-2-3; $88,312?-35-6-5-3; $176,624 ?— 70-12-11-3. A. 132£. 9 s. 34 d.

4. What will 20 yards of cloth cost, in dollars and cents, at 15 s. 6d. a yard?-3875. At 12 s. 6 d. a yard ?-3125. At 13 8. 6 d. a yard?-3375. At 17 s. 6 d. a yard? 4375. A. $147,50

PENNSYLVANIA CURRENCY.-Q. What is the currency of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland called?

A. Pennsylvania currency.

Q. How many shillings make a dollar of this currency ?
A. 7 s. 6 d.

Q. What part of a pound is 7 s. 6 d. ?

A. 7 s. 6 d. 90 d., and 20 s. 240 d.; then, Po= }£.

90

240

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RULE. Q. How do you reduce this currency to federal money? A. Divide by ; that is, multiply by 8, and divide by 3.

Q. How do you reduce federal money to the same currency again?

A. Multiply by .

Exercises for the Slate.

1. Change 60£. 15 s. to federal money.

60£. 15 s.60,75£. × 8= 486÷3=$162, Ans.

2. Change $162 to Pennsylvania currency.

$162 x 3486÷÷8=60,75£. 60£. 15 s. Ans. 3. Change to dollars and cents 80 213333; 250£ 16 s.380; 240£.-640; 1£. 15 s. 7 d.-4744; 50€. 7 s. 2 d.-134288. Á $1661,165+:

4. Wou change to Pennsylvania currency $9,50 ?-3-11-3; $28,50 -10-13-}; $57-21-7-6; $85,50?-32-1-3; $42,25?15 16-10-2; $126,75-47-10-7-2; $633,75?-237-13-1-2.

A. 368£. 14 s. 4 d. 2 qrs

GEORGIA CURRENCY.-Q. What is the currency of Caro

lina and Georgia called?

A. Georgia currency.

Q. How many shillings make a dollar of this currency?
A. 4 s. 8 d.

Q. What part of a pound is 4 s. 8 d. ?

A. 4 s. 8 d.

56

56 d., and 20 s. 240 d.; then,

56 d. is £. = 3 £.

240

RULE. Q. How do you reduce Georgia currency to federal money?

A. Divide by ; that is, multiply by 30, and divide by 7.

Q. How do you reduce federal money to the same currency again?

A. Multiply by

Exercises for the Slate.

1. Change 835£. 9 s. to federal money.

835,45€. X 30=2506350 ÷ 7 = $3580,50, Ans.

2. Change $3580,50 to Georgia currency.

$3580,50 X 725063,50÷30=835£. 9 s. Ans. 3. Change to federal money 208£. 17 s. 3 d.-895125; 104£ 8 s. 7 d. 2 qrs.-447562; 252£. 3 s. 1 d. 2 qrs.-1080669.

A. $2423,356. 4. Will you change to pounds, shillings, &c., $447,562 104-8-7-1; $895,125-208-17-3; $1080,6697-252-3-1-1. A. 565£. 8s. 11 d. 2 qrs. +.

ENGLISH OR STERLING MONEY.-Q. How many shi

lings of this money make a dollar?

A. 4 s. 6 d.

Q. What part of a pound is 4 s. 6 d. ?

A. 4 s. 6d.

54 d., and 20 s. 240 d.; then.

$1 is £.1% £.

240

RULE. Q. How may sterling money be reduced to federa money?

A. Divide by; that is, multiply by 40, and divide by 9.

Q. How do you change federal money to sterling money?
A. Multiply by .

Exercises for the Slate.

1. Change 21. 7s. 6 d. to federal money.

21£. 78. 6d. 21,375 X 40=855,000÷9= $95, Ans.

2. Change $95 to sterling money. A. 21£. 7 s. 6d. 3. Change 21£. 7 s. 6 d. to federal money. A. $95. 4. Change $285 to sterling money. A. 64£. 2s. 6d.

CANADA CURRENCY.-Q. What is the currency of Canada and Nova Scotia called?

A. Canada currency.

Q. How many shillings of this currency make a dollar?
A. 5 s.

Q. What part of a pound is 5 s.?

A..

RULE. Q. How do you change this currency into federal money?

A. Divide by ; that is, multiply by 4.

Q. How do you reduce federal money to Canada currency?
A. Multiply by ; that is, divide by 4.

Exercises for the Slate.

1. A gentleman, residing in Boston, contracted a debt of 200£, 17 s. in Halifax; how many dollars will pay the debt? 200£. 17 s.200,85£. x 4=$803,40), Ans.

2. A, residing in Montreal, sent 300£. Canada currency to B, his correspondent in New York, to purchase 120 barrels of Aur. The flour cost $12,50 per barrel; how much, in Canada currency, is the balance which is due? A. 75£.

3. A merchant in Quebec wrote to his correspondent in Philadelphia, to purchase a large quantity of cotton. His correspondent writes he has purchased 300 bales, each containing 275 pounds, at 104 cents per pound. How many pounds Canada currency must the merchant remit to his agent to meet the purchase price? A. 2114£. 1 s. 3 d.

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$ 1,84. $,50. $ 4,444 $4,10.

1. Reduce 500 livres of France to federal money.
$,18; then, 500 × 18 = $92,50,
2. Reduce $92,50 to livres of France. A. 500 livres.
3. Reduce 5000 1:ancs to federal money. A. $937,50.
4. Reduce 12500 flcrins to federal money. A. $5000.
5. Reduce $5000 to florins. A. 12500 florins.

Ans

Questions on the foregoing.

1. How many are 40, 5, and 9, added together? How many 100+19+9? How many 400+50+25+9: How many 500+100+80+20? How many 89+9+ 8 +67

2. How many are 6 times 50? 10 X 100? 10 X 1000? 20 X 60? 30 X 40?

3. What number added to 20 will make 30? Will make 40? Will make 392 Will make 89?

4. What number multiplied by 4 will make 8? Will make 40? Will make 400? 600? 1000?

5. What number divided by 8 will make 2? Will mako 6? Will make 10?

6. If the minuend be 40, and the subtrahend 21, what will be the remainder?

7. If the remainder be 40, and the subtrahend 20, what will be the minuend?

8. If the divisor be 6, and the quotient 8, what will the dividend be?

9. If the quotient be 10, and the dividend 120, what will the divisor be?

10. If the product of two numbers be 84, and the multi plicand 7, what will the multiplier be?

11. What will 120 yards of cloth cost, at 50 cents a yard? (Divide by the aliquot part, found in ¶ XXVIII.) At 33 cents? At 25 cents? At 20 cents? At 163 cents? At 12 cents? At 10 cents? At 5 cents?

12. How many times will a little wheel, 6 inches in cir

cumference, turn round in going 1 foot, or 12 inches? In going 3 feet, or 36 inches? In going 5 feet? 12 feet? How many times in going across the street, allowing it to be 3 rods, 3 yards, and 1 foot, or 660 inches?

13. What must be the circumference of a wheel that turns round twice in going 2 feet, or 24 inches?

14. How many shillings in 8 d. 4-6 d. + 10 d. ? 15. How much does 19 s. 6 d. lack of 1£.?

16. How many pounds are 2 times 30 s.? 4+10 s.? 17. Divide 15 s. by 2.

18. Reduce to its lowest terms.

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19. Reduce, Tz, fou, fou, to their lowest terms. 20. What fraction can you use for 14, 16, 12, &,

21. What part of a month is 1 day? 4.1. Is 5 days? A.

.

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A. 3%. Is 2 days?

Is 7 days? A. 36.

A. 3%. Is

s 8 days? A. 3. Is 9 days?
15 days? A. 15 = 1. Is 20 days? A. Z
22. How much is

23. How much is

of? of? of 1 of 4
of? of?

24. How many times is 2 contained in? How much is of?

25. How many times 2 in? (To divide a fraction, we multip.y the denominator, or divide the numerator.) 2 in 3 in? 3 in ? 4 in 3? 26. How much is cf

of a month? of of a month? of a month divided by 2 is how much? How much is of 38 of a month?

27. James has † of a dollar, Rufus, and Thomas the remainder of the dollar; what is Thomas's part?

28. William had of a ticket, Henry 4, and James; what part of a ticket did they all own? (Find how many 8ths each had first.)

29. What kind of fractions are the following, viz. 1, 1, 54, 74, 2§, I of +?

30. Reduce to a decimal.

31. What decimal is equal to ? ? ? ??

32. James has 2 of a ticket, William,5, Thomas 2, and

Harry the remainder; how much does Harry have? 33. What is the amount of,3+,4+,1?

34. Multiply,6 by,5.

35. How much is ,5 of,5?

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