Question

rancho middle school has an average of 23 3/8 students per teacher write this mixed number as a decimal

Answer 1

let's firstly convert it to an improper fraction.

`\bf \stackrel{mixed}{23(3)/(8)}\implies \cfrac{23\cdot 8+3}{8}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{187}{8}}\implies 187/ 8\implies \stackrel{decimal}{23.375}`