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Matt is making a picture frame from a piece of wood trim that is feet long. How can Matt rename the fraction as a mixed number?

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Complete Question:

Matt is making a picture frame from a piece of wood trim that is 27/8 feet long. How can Matt rename the fraction as a mixed number?

Answer:

3 3/8

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the following data;

Proper fraction = 27/8

To rewrite or rename the fraction as a mixed number;

First of all, we would divide the fraction and use the remainder to write it as a mixed fraction.


\frac {27}{8} = 3 Remainder 3


\frac {27}{8} = 3 \frac {3}{8}

27/8 = [(3 * 8) + 3]/8

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