EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 31. New-England and Virginia Currency, to Federal Money. 3)730 8 cts. 82434243 334 [federal money. d. 2. Reduce 45l. 15s. 74d. New-England currency, to 12):,500 ,625 decimal. which annex to the pence, and divide by 12, you will have the decimal required. 5. Reduce 345. 10s. 11fd. New-Hampshire, &c. cur. rency, to Spanish milled dollars, or federal money. 845 10 114 20 6)0910,9375 $1151,8229+ Ans. d. ,9375 decimal. 4. Reduce 105l. 14s. 3}d. New-York and Nortn-Carona currency to federal money. £105 14 S A dollar8)2114.3125 $264,289 06 Ans. Or & dem. 06 d. 12)3.7500 ,$125 decimal. 5. Reduce 4511. New-York currency to federal money This being pounds only."- 4)4310 "A dollar is 88. iu this curren ‘y—A≈ of a pound, therefore, multiply by 10, and divide by 4, brings the pounds into dollars, &c. 6. Reduce 28/. 11s. 6d. New-England and Virginia currency, to federal money. Ans. $95,25ets. 7. Change 4654. 108. 8d. New-England, &c. currency, to federal money. Aus. $1545, Nets, Tm. 8. Reduce 35Ì. 19s. Virginia, &c. currency, to federal Ans. $119, 83cts. Sm.+ money. 9. Reduce 214l. 10s. 7d. New-York, &c. currency, Aus. $536, 32cts. 8m.+ to federal money. 10. Reduce 304l. 11s. 5d. North-Carolina, &c. currency, to federal money. Ans. $761, 42ets. 7m.+ 11. Change 219. 11s. 73d. New-England and Vir ginia currency, to federa! money. Ans. 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. 869, 74cts. 64m.+ 14. Reduce 4687. New-York currency, to federal mo ney. Ans. $1170 15. Reduce 17s. 93d. New-York. &c. currency, to dollars, &c. Ans. $2, 22ets. 6,5m.+. 16. Borrowed 10 English crowns, at 6s. 8d. each, how many do..ars at 6s. each, will pay the debt? Ans. $11. 11ets. Am. 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 dollars, &c.* EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 245l. New-Jersey, &c. currency, to federal money. 245x8-1960, and 1960÷÷3=86554=$653, 884cts. NOTE. When there are shillings, pence. &c. in the *A dollar is7s. 6d.=90d. in this •urrency=2+8={ "f a pound; therefore, multiplying by 8, and dividing by 3 gives the dollars, cents, &c. given sum, reduce them to the decimal of a pound, then maitiply and divide as above, &c. 2. Reduce 367. 11s. 8d. New-Jersey, &c. currency, to federal money. £36,5854 decimal value. 8 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. 94d. Georgia currency, to federal money. 54,8406 decimal expression. *4s. 8d. or 56d to the dollar of a pound; therefore X50-÷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 125l. Canada and Nova-Scotia currency, to federal money. 125 Ans. $500 2. Reduce 55l. 10s. 6d. Nova-Scotia lars. 55,525 decimal value. For reducing the Federal Money to the currencies of the several United States. To reduce Federal Money to the currency of New-York, & Multiply the given sum by 2. N. Carolina. 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. 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 $196, how many pounds, N. Engian currency. .3 £58,8 Ans. 58 16 3. Reduce 8629 into New-York, &c. currency. ,4 £251,6 Ans. £251 12 4. Bring $110, 51 ets. 1 m. into New-Jersey, &ce rrency. |