Question

neil has 3 partially full cans of white paint. They contain 1/3 gallion, 1/5 gallion, and 1/2 gallion of paint. about how much paint does neil have in all

Answer 1

All the fractions are factors of 30
1/3 X 10, 1/5 X 6, 1/2 X 15.
/\10/30, /\6/30, /\15/30
Add all of them together: 31/30
Then you simplify the total: 1+1/30
1 and 1/30 is the answer