Question

Neil has 3 partially full cans of white paint . They contain 1/3 gallon , 1/5 gallon and 1/2 gallon of paint. About how many paint does Neil have in all

Answer 1

Answer:31/30

Explanation:

you have to first find a common denominator. Which in this case is 30 so then you have to multiply by the same number for both bottom and top number of the fraction. 1/3 = 10/30 1/5=6/30 1/2=15/30. Then, you just have to add JUST THE TOP NUMBERS. You get 31/30 then divide that and i will leave that last part to you. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

31/30 gallons

Explanation:

finding the lowest common denominator for all three numbers. so 1/3 becomes 10/30, 1/5 becomes 6/30, and 1/2 becomes 15/30. 10/30+6/30+15/30=31/30