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a man pushing a cart containing 7/24 cavan of rice in the first sack ,6/24 in the seconnd sack, 5/24  inthe third sack , 4 /24 in the 4th sack. how many cavans of rice does he have in all ?
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7/24 + 6/24 + 5/24 + 4/24  this makes our life so much easier since they all have the same deminator we dont have to find the least common deminator we can just add.

=22/24 or 11/12 is the simplified form.
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22/24 or 11/12
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