1. Reduce 731. New-England and Virginia Currency, to Federal Money.

3)730

EXAMPLES.

2. Reduce 451. 15s. 7d. New-England currency, to [federal money.

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d.
12)7,500

A dollar-6)915,625

8 cts. $2434243 334

$152,604+

A's.

,625 decimal.

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NOTE. I farthing is 25) which annex to the pence, ,50 and divide by 12, you will 75 have the decimal required. S. Reduce 3431. 10s. 114d. New-Hampshire, &c. currency, to Spanish milled dollars, or federal money.

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£845 10 114
20

6)0910,9375

,9575 decimal.

$1151,8229+ Ans.

4. Reduce 105l. 14s. 3id. New-York and North-Caro na currency to federal money.

£105 14 31
20

A follar 8)2114.3125

d.
12)11,2500

d.
12)3.7500

,$125 decimal.

$264,289 06 Ans.
Or & dem. 96

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6. Reduce 281. 11s. 6d. New-England and Virginia currency, to federal money. Ans. $95,25ets. 7. Change 4634. 108. 8d. New-England. &c. currency, to federal money. Ans. 81545, Nets, Tm.--8. Reduce 35Ì. 19s. Virginia, &c. currency, to federal money. Ans. $119, 83cts. 3m.+ 9. Reduce 2142. 10s. 74d. New-York, &c. currency, to federal money. Aus. $536, 32cts. 8m.+ 10. Reduce 304. 11s. 5d. North-Carolina, &c. currency, to federal money. Ans. 8761, 42ets. 7m.+

11. Change 2191. 11s. 7d. New-England and Vir ginia currency, to federa! money. Aus. 8731,94cts.+ 12. Change 2417. New-England, &c. currency, into federal money. Aus. $803, 33cts. 13. Bring 201. 18s. 53d. New-England currency, into dollars. Ans. $69, 74cts. 64m.+ 14. Reduce 4681. New-York currency, to federal moAns. 81170 15. Reduce 17s. 93d. New-York. &c. currency, to dollars, &c. Ans. 82, 22ets. 6,5m.+. 16. Borrowed 10 English crowns, at 6s. 8d. each, how many do..ars at 6s. each, will pay the debt?

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Ans. $11. 11ets. 1m. NOTE.-There are several short practical methods of reducing New-England and New-York currencies to Federal Money, for which see the Appendix.

CASE II.

To reduce the currency of New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, to Federal Money. RULE.

Multiply the given sum by 8, and divide the product by S, and the quotient will be doliars, &c.*

EXAMPLES.

1. Reduce 245l. New-Jersey, &c. currency, to federal money.

245x8-1960, and 1960÷3=86554=$655, $84cts. NOTE. When there are shillings, pence. &c. in the

•A dollar is7s. 6d.—90d. in this •urrency=2x8={ "f pound; therefore, multiplying by 8, and dividing by res the dollars, cents.

given sum, reduce them to the decimal of a pound, then maitiply and divide as above, &c.

2. Reduce $67. 11s. 8d. New-Jersey, &c. currency, to federal money. £36,5854 decimal value.

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3)292,6832(97,56106 Ans. ANSWERS. £ s. d. $ cts. H.

O to federal money 640 00

0

334 40

3. Reduce 240 0 4. Reduce 125 8 5. Reduce 99 7 6. Reduce 100 0 7. Reduce 25 3 8. Reduce 0 17

6

0

7

9

Ans. 235,0311.

8

7)1545,2180

CASE III.

To reduce the currency of South-Carolina and Georgia, to federal money. RULE.

Multiply the given sum by 50, and divide the product by 7, the quotient will be the dollars, cents, &c.*

EXAMPLES.

1. Reduce 100%. South-Carolina and Georgia currency to federal money.

104.×50=3000; 3000÷7=$428,5714 Ans. 2. Reduce 541. 16s. 93d. Georgia currency, to federal money. 54,8406 decimal expression.

SO

265 00 5 + 266 66 6+ 67 14 4

2 36 6,6

ANSWERS.

£• s. d.

$ cts. m.

3. Reduce 94 14 8 to federal money, 405 99 8+

4. Reduce 19 17 61 5. Reduce 417 14 6

85 18 7 1790 25 602 14 2+ 685 71 4

6. Reduce 140 10 O 7. Reduce 160 0 0

56

*4s. 8d. or 56d to the dollar ==3% of a pound

S.

8. Reduce 0 11

9. Reduce 41 17

1.

d.

6

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CASE IV.

To reduce the currency of Canada and Nova-Scotia, to
Federal Money.
RULE.

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.

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EXAMPLES.

1. Reduce 125l. Canada and Nova-Scotia currency, to federal money. 125

Ans. $500

2. Reduce 55l. 10s. 6d. Nova-Scotia currency, to dol55,525 decimal value.

lars.

4

8 cts.

Ans. $222, 100=222 10

3. Reduce 241 18 9 to federal money.

4. Reduce 58 13 6 5. Reduce 528 17 8 6. Reduce 1 2 6 7. Reduce 224 19 0 Reduce 0 13 111

REDUCTION OF COIN.

8 cts. m. 2 46 4+ 179 51 4%

"New-England,
Virginia,
Kentucky, and
Tennessee

RULES

For reducing the Federal Money to the currencies of the several United States. To reduce Federal Money to the currency of

RULE.

ANSWERS. 967 75

234 70

2115 53

4.50

899 80

279

(Multiply the given sum by,3 and the product will be pounds and decimals of a pound.

2.

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New-York, &
N. Carolina.and decimals of a pound.

Multiply the given sum by and the product will be pounds,

EXAMPLES,

In the foregoing Rules.

1. Reduce $152, 60 cts. to New-England currency.

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£45, 780 Ans.£45 15s. 7,2d.

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But the value of any decimal of a pound, may be found by inspec15, 600 tion. See problem II. page 88.

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7, 200

2. In $196, how many pounds, N. Engian currency.

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£58,8 Ans.58 16

3. Reduce 8629 into New-York, &c. currency.

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