Question

Peter has 18 dimes. He uses 12 dimes to buy a drink. The number of dimes he has left is one-half the number of Pennie’s he has. How many Pennie’s does Peter have? *Put this in a 5th grade understanding*

Answer 1

18-12=6, peter now has 6 dimes left after buying a drink. Since the number he has left is ONE HALF of the number of pennies he has. 6x2=12.

peter has 12 pennies. hoped that helped