REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. ? " 



^. Begin with the highest, and write the q^iotient oi 

 each division, as decimal parts, on the riglit hand of the 

 dividend next below it ; and so on, till they be all used, 

 and the last quotient will be the decimal souglit. 



EXAMPLES. 



I, Reduce 15s. p-Jd, to the decimal cf a pound. 



4 

 12 



20 



3* 



975 



15-8125 



'790625 the decimal required. 



2. Reduce 9s, to the decimal of a pound. Ans. '45. 



3. Reduce 19s. 5-j-d. to the decimal of a pound. 



Ans. '972915. 



4. Reduce looz. i8dwt. i6gr. to the decimal of a lb. Troy. 



i\ns. '91 II 1 1, &c. 



5. Reduce 2qrs. 141b. to the decimal of a cwt. 



Ans. '625, &c. 



6. Reduce <i7yd. ift. 6in. to the decimal of a mile. 



Ans. 'C0994318, &c. 



7. Reduce 3qrs. 2nls. to the decimal of a yard.' Ans. '875. 



8. Reduce igal. of v/ine to the decimal of a hhd. 



Ans. '015873. 



9. Reduce 3bu. ipe. to the decimal of a quarter. 



Ans. '40625. 

 IQ. Reduce low. 2d. to the decimal of a year. 



Ans. •1972602, &c 



CASE III. 



To find the decimal of any number of shillihgSy pence afid far- 



fhingSf by inspection. 



RULE.* 

 "Write half the greatest even number of shillings for the 

 first decimal figure, and let the farthings in the given pence 



and 



* Thfe Invention of the rale is as follows : as shillings are so 

 many 20ths of a pound, half of them must be so many loths, and 



consequently 



