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Two simple examples are cooking and carpentry, at least in the US.
For cooking, suppose you needed to double a recipe that called for 3/4 of a cup of sugar. The new recipe would require 2 x 3/4 = 6/4 cups of sugar so you'd have to convert that to a proper fraction.
For carpentry, suppose you had to fasten a brace at the one-quarter, half, and three-quarter points of a wall opening that's 35½ inches wide. To divide 35½ by 4, you could convert the larger number to an improper fraction: 35 is the same as 70 halves, so adding the extra ½ gives you 71/2. Divide by 4 to get 71/8 and convert back to proper form: 71 ÷ 8 = 8-7/8 inches for the distance between the centers of each brace.
Of course if the US finally gives up ounces and inches in favor of metric units used everywhere else, most of these problems would be waaay simpler: The original recipe would need 175 gm of sugar so doubling would be 350 gm. The wall opening would be 900 mm so one-fourth would be 225 mm.
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Real life situations where you use fractions?
in cookbooks and recipes
Why use improper fractions?
because it is easier, faster, and correct.
Using fractions in real life?
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When we use hcf in real life?
When we simplify fractions.
How do you use fractions in real life?
You use fractions for LOTS of things in the real world like money, gambling, shopping, clothing, etc.
When do you use factor theorem in real life?
when simplifying fractions
Real life situations where you use fractions?
in cookbooks and recipes
How do we use negative exponent in real life?
In calculating fractions.
Can we use improper fraction in daly life?
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Do architects use mixed numbers and improper fractions?
no.
Why use improper fractions?
because it is easier, faster, and correct.
When will you need to put fractions on a number line in real life?
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When finding volume do you need improper fractions or mixed numbers?
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How can you use the reciprocal of a number when dividing a mixed number by a mixed number?
Convert them to improper fractions.
How do you estimate improper fractions?
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