Using Fractions To Describe Events

Example 1What fraction of all the Emirates’ names begin with the letter ‘A’?

Abu Dhabi Ajman

Dubai Ras Al Khaima

Sharjah Umm Al Quwain

Fujairah

Example 2Each day has twenty – four hours. Fatima

works for 8 hours. For what fraction of the day does Fatima work?

Example 3On a Math test, Mariam gets 10 questions

out of 15 right.

a. What fraction of the questions does she get right?

b. What fraction of the questions is wrong?