*** Relevant Material : " Fractions are applied in daily life in areas like cooking, measuring, finance, and sports . Examples include splitting a recipe in half, using measurements like " 2 1 2 2 and one-half 2 1 2 inches" in construction, calculating your share of a bill, or understanding a sports score or time. Medicine and science also rely on fractions for dosages, measurements, and data analysis. Cooking and baking Adjusting recipes: You can use fractions to halve or double a recipe, such as using 1 2 one-half 1 2 teaspoon of salt instead of a full teaspoon. Measuring ingredients: Recipes often require specific fractional amounts of ingredients, like 1 1 4 1 and one-fourth 1 1 4 cups of flour. Finance and shopping Splitting costs: When sharing a bill with friends, you use fractions to figure out each person's portion of the total. Calculating discounts: Store advertisements use fractions to s...