a bucket that holds 5 1/4 gallons of water is being used to fill a tub that can hold 34 1/8 gallons. How many buckets will be needed to fill the tub?

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The answer is 6 1/2 buckets.

What is did was turn the fractions into decimals to make it easier.  

So the ratio is 5.25 gallons per bucket. I divided 34 1/8 by 5 1/4 in decimal form (34.125/5.25) and got 6.5

So therefore, the answer is 6 1/2 buckets of water is needed ti fill up the tub.