There are 279 middle schoolers going on a field trip. An adult is needed for every 8 students. Me. Smith determines that 34 adults are needed for the trip. Explain with math and words whether or not Mr. Smith is correct.
Since you can have parts of a human, and those 7 (0.875 * 8) are not enough for there to be another teacher, only 34 teachers are needed. This means that he is correct.
