Fractions in Daily Life

In our life, we often use fractions to represent parts of a whole. Do you realize that? Okay, let’s look at examples of fractions that we use in our daily life:

1. If you walk down a street, you probably would get a third of the way before you stop at a junction. After all, the walk down the street is a fraction: 1/3.
2. Another example is when you buy a birthday cake. Then, you have to divide the cake among twelve of your friends. It means that, each one of your friends will get a fraction of the cake: 1/12.
3. You use fractions every time you look at a clock: quarter past (1/4) and half past (1/2). In fact, all time telling fractions of x/60.
4. The next example is when you want to make a drink, let say a glass of orange. You probably will mix one part of orange cordial with 4 parts of plain water. Thus, the fractions involve are: 1/5 of cordial and 4/5 of plain water.
5. Lastly, fractions also can be found in any recipes: half cup of milk, ¼ teaspoon of baking powder and so forth.
6. I also found a Quranic verse which states about fractions.

“And unto you belongeth a half of that which your wives leave, if they have no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth of that which they leave after any legacy thay may have bequeathed, or debt (they may have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them belongeth the fourth of that which ye have no child, but if ye have a child then the eighth of that which ye leave, after any legacy ye may have bequeathed, or debt…”

(an-Nisa’: 12)