(4) Neil has 3 partially full cans of white paint. They contain \( \frac{1}{3} \) gallon, \( \frac{1}{5} \) and \( \frac{1}{2} \) gallon of paint. About how much paint does Neil have in all?

To find out how much paint Neil has in total, we need to add the quantities of paint in each can together. First, we convert each fraction to a common denominator— in this case, the least common denominator (LCD) of 3, 5, and 2 is 30. So let's express each fraction with a denominator of 30: - \( \frac{1}{3} = \frac{10}{30} \) - \( \frac{1}{5} = \frac{6}{30} \) - \( \frac{1}{2} = \frac{15}{30} \) Now we can add these fractions: \[ \frac{10}{30} + \frac{6}{30} + \frac{15}{30} = \frac{31}{30} \] This simplifies to \( 1\frac{1}{30} \) gallons. Thus, Neil has approximately 1.03 gallons of paint in total.