Rex has half as many chew toys as his furry friend, Snoopy. Snoopy has 12 chew toys. Fill in the blank with the correct operation for the one variable, one-step equation to find the number of chew toys Rex has. Select the correct symbol from the keyboard.(1 point)

Question

2 r=12

Answer 1

To find the number of chew toys Rex has, you can express the relationship in the equation:

\( r = \frac{1}{2} \times 12 \)

So the correct operation to fill in the blank is multiplication.

Thus, your one-step equation would be:

\( r = \frac{1}{2} \times 12 \)

In terms of filling in the blank with an operation, the answer is:

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Rex has 6 chew toys.