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.

Since Rex has half as many chew toys as Snoopy, we can represent the number of chew toys Rex has with the variable "x."

To find the number of chew toys Rex has, we need to divide the number of chew toys Snoopy has by 2:

12 รท 2 = x

Therefore, the correct operation for the one variable, one-step equation to find the number of chew toys Rex has is "divide by 2."