There are 25 students in Mrs. Venetozzi’s class at the beginning of the school year, and the average number of siblings for each student is 3. A new student with 8 siblings joins the class in November. What is the new class average for number of siblings? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
+37099 Total siblings at start = 25 students x 3 = 75 siblings
now add 1 student and 8 siblings and compute the new average
83 siblings / 26 students
83/26 = 3.192 avg siblings per student (rounded to nearest 100th)
