Question

Daisy has one cucumber that is 3 inches long and another cucumber that is 5 inches long. She cuts the cucumbers into 3/8 inch slices and adds them to a salad. How many 3/8 inch thick slices does Daisy have ?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 21 slices of  $\dfrac{3}{8}$  inch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of one cucumber = 3 inches

Length of another cucumber = 5 inches

Total length would be

3 + 5 = 8 inches

According to question,  She cuts the cucumbers into $\dfrac{3}{8}$ inch slices and adds them to a salad.

so, Number of $\dfrac{3}{8}$  inch thick slices would be

$\dfrac{8}{\dfrac{3}{8}}\\\\=\dfrac{8\times 8}{3}\\\\=\dfrac{64}{3}\\\\=21.33\\\\\approx 21$

Hence, there are 21 slices of  $\dfrac{3}{8}$  inch.

Answer 2

Daisy would have 21.This is because 3 times 8 divided by 3 is 8.And 5 times 8 divided by 3 is 13 (you have to ignore the remainder) 8 plus 13 is 21