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.
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.