Daisy has one cucumber that is 3 inches long and another cucumber that is 5 inches long. She cut the cucumbers into 3/8 inch thick slices and add them to a salad how many 38 inch thick slices does Daisy have right division expressions to represent the first step in the problems solve, then explain your answer.

Answer 1

To find the number of 3/8 inch thick slices, we need to divide the length of each cucumber by the thickness of each slice (3/8 inch).

For the first cucumber (3 inches long):
3 inches ÷ 3/8 inch = 3 inches × 8/3 inch = 8 slices

For the second cucumber (5 inches long):
5 inches ÷ 3/8 inch = 5 inches × 8/3 inch = 13.333... slices

Since we cannot have a fraction of a slice, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Daisy has 13 slices from the second cucumber.

Overall, Daisy has 8 slices from the first cucumber and 13 slices from the second cucumber.