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.