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

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Answer:

1 and 1/30 gallons

Explanation:

First, convert all the fractions to a common denominator. I'm choosing 30.

1/3=10/30 1/5=6/30 1/2=15/30

Now, you can add them together to get 31/30, so a little more than a gallon

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