SOLUTION: What is -2 3/8 expressed as an improper fraction?

Question 1009052: What is -2 3/8 expressed as an improper fraction?
Found 3 solutions by Theo, josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-2 3/8 is equivalent to -2 - 3/8

another way of writing it would be - (2 + 3/8)

the whole part and the fraction part are negative.

-2 is equivalent to -16/8.

-2 - 3/8 is therefore equivalent to -16/8 - 3/8 which is equivalent to -19/8.

the decimal equivalent of -19/8 = -2.375

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

What is -2 3/8 expressed as an improper fraction?

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