' 1 ' is the smallest whole number. 3/8 is less than that. There is no whole number that represents 3/8 .
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The whole number for 8 over 5 is 1 and 3/5.
24/8 = 3
3/8 is equivalent to 0.375
Multiply the denominator,8, and see what number can be multiplied to get 10, 100, or 1000
8 goes into 29 3 whole times with 5 left over. Therefore we write this as a mixed number as: 3 5/8 (Three and five eighths).