100 cents make 1 dollar.
A quarter of a dollar = 25 cents.
A half-dollar = 50 cents.
$ means dollars and c means cents.
A 5-cent piece is called a nickel, because it is made of nickel.
A cent piece is made of copper.
The other coins named are made of silver.
(See [United States Money] for more advanced instruction.)
COMBINATIONS OF NUMBERS
We now come to the method of teaching the combinations in Addition and Subtraction.