EXERCISES. 1. In £36 1s. 6d. N. Eng. cur. or £48 2s. 04d. N. York cur. or £45 1s. 11d. Penn. cur. how many dollars, cents and mills? Ans. $120,257 N. E. cur.-$120,255 N. Y. cur.-$120, 255 Penn. cur. NOTE.-In making the exchange from one currency into another there will frequently be the loss of some fractions of a farthing; for this reason when the exchange is again made into Federal Money, there will be the difference of some mills in the answers obtained. 2. Change £180 12s. N. E. cur. to N. Y. cur. Penn. cur. and to Federal Money. Ans. £240 16s. N. Y. cur.-£225 15s. Penn. cur.-$602 F. Money. 3. Change $150,25 to N. England, N. York, or Penn. cur. accordingly as the pupil may have been instructed in one or the other, or all of these rules. Ans. £45 1s. 6d. N. E. cur.-£60 2s. N. Y. cur.-£56 6s. 104d. Penn. cur 4. Let the pupil be required to change the sums in New-York and in Pennsylvania currency in the above answer, to New-England currency; the same in New-England and in New-York to Pennsylvania currency; and the same in New-England and Pennsylvania to New-York currency, the answers of which will reciprocally prove each other. -£129 12s. 24d 5. Change $345,625 to N. Eng. or N. York, or Penn. currency. Ans. £103 13s. 83d. N. E. cur.-£138 5s. N. Y, cur.Penn. currency. (6. Change 75 cents into N. E. or N. Y. or Penn. cur. Ans. 4s. 6d. N. E. cur.--6s. N. Y. cur.—5s. *74d. Penn. cur. 7.Change £45 1s. 6d. N. E. cur. or £60 2s. N. Y. cur. or £56 6s. 104d Penn. cur. to Federal Money. Ans, $150,25. 8. Change 4s. 6d. N. E. cur or 6s. N. Y. cur. or 5s. 73d. Penn. currency to Federal Money. Ans. 75 cents. 9. Change £46 10s. 6d. considered in either currency to Federal Money. Ans. $155,09 N. E. cur.-$116,317 N. Y. cur.-$124,072 Penn. cur. 10. Change $167 to N. E. or N. Y. or Penn. currency. Ans. £50 2s. N. E. cur.—£66 16s. N. Y. cur.—£62 12s. 6d. Penn. cur. 11. Let the pupil be required to change the sums in New-York and Pennsylvania currency, in the above answer, to New-England currency, &c. as in the 4th exercise above. 12. Change 61d. to Federal Money. Ans. 9 cents N. E. cur.-6 cents 7 mills N. Y. cur.-7 cents 2 mills Penn. currency. 13. Change £263 to Federal Money. Ans. $876,666 N. E. cur.-$657,50 N. Y. cur.-$701,333 Penn. cur TABLE FOR REDUCING NEW-ENGLAND CURRENCY TO FEDERAL MONEY. FOR REDUCING NEW-YORK CURRENCY TO FEDERAL MONEY. To find by these Tables the Cents and Mills in any sum of shillings and pence under one dollar, look the shillings at top, and the pence in the left hand column; then under the former, and on a line with the latter, will be found the cents and mills sought. Shillings. Pence. Farthings. TABLE FOR REDUCING THE CURRENCIES OF THE SEVERAL UNITED STATES TC FEDERAL MONEY. |