SOLUTION: In the 16th century, Spain had a silver coin called a peso. The coin was divided into 8 reals. Reals were stamped with an 8, and became known as pieces of eight. How many pesos

Question 913432: In the 16th century, Spain had a silver coin called a peso. The coin was divided into 8 reals. Reals were stamped with an 8, and became known as pieces of eight. How many pesos would have been equivalent to 26 pieces of eight?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So 1 piece of 8 means peso. Eight pieces of eight makes 1 peso.

The unit used should be "real", not to be prounounced REEL, but re(short e)+al(one of the short sounds for this vowel, and accented).
1 real = 1 piece of eight
8 reales = 1 peso
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