Is it possible for a user as a newbie to send merits?
First thing to say to you: "Don't use bold like this. It makes your words become annoying"
If yes, How many?
and how many can you receive as a Newbie?
You will only see your merit button on the right corner of each post box when you already received merits.
I don't remember the button will appear when you receive your first merit or it will appear when you receive 2 merits at least. You can confirm this information (now you received your first merit). Have you seen the merit button ?
You can send half of your earned merits. For each earned merits you have 0.5 sMerit (sendable merit) and you can not send 0.5 sMerits. You can send with even amount of sMerits, not odds.