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

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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(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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So 1 piece of 8 means 1%2F8 peso. Eight pieces of eight makes 1 peso.

26%28piecesOf8%29%2A%281%2F8%29%28peso%2FpiecesOf8%29
%2826%2F8%29%2A%28peso%29
%2813%2F4%29pesos
highlight%28%283%261%2F4%29%2Apesos%29

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