shay used a bucket to fill her pool a bucket holds 3/4 gallon of water. Ashley needs 15 full buckets of water to fill her pool. How many gallons of water does Shay need to her pool?
One bucket holds [tex] \frac{3}{4} [/tex] gallons of water. So fifteen buckets would hold [tex]11 \frac{1}{4} [/tex] gallons of water. [tex]15[/tex] × [tex] \frac{3}{4}[/tex] = [tex]11 \frac{1}{4} [/tex] gallons of water. The answer is 11 1/4.