92 ARITHMETIC. 



A number of dollars, as 754, may be read 754-dollarSj 

 or 75 eagles, 4 dollars -, and decimal parts of a dollar, as 

 •365, may be read 3 dimes, 6 cents, 5 mills, or 36 cents, 5 

 mills, or 365 mills ; and others in a similar manner, 



Addition, suhtractiotiy multiplication and division of federal 

 money are performed just as in decimal fractions j and 

 consequently with more ease than in any other kind of 

 rnoney. 



E X A M P t p S. 



I. Add 2 dollars, 4 dimes, 6 cents, 4D. 2d., 4d. 9c.> 

 lE. 3D. 5c. 7m., 3c. 9m., iD. 2d. 8c. im., and 2E. /\D,, 

 7d. 8c, 2m. together. 



coarser than standard, the variation from standard is estimated by 

 carats and grains of a cajat in gold, and by penny-weights in sil- 

 ver. Alloy is used in gold and silver to harden them. 



Note. — Carat is not any certain weight or quantity, but -^-2; of 

 any weight or quantity ; and the minters and goldsmiths divide i^ 

 into 4 equal parts, called grains of a carat. 



