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 much paint does Neil have in all

Answer 1

Change the denominators to be all the same. So the fractions would be, 10/30, 6/30, and 15/30. Add the top part of the dividend together to make one big fraction. The whole thing together would be 31/30. Simplify the fraction to make, 1 and 1/30

Answer 2

1/3 + 1/5 + 1/2

=   10/30 + 6/30 + 15/30  =    31/30 =  1 1/30  gallons Answer