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Examples of quarter in the following topics:

• The Third Amendment

  • The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits, in peacetime or wartime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
  • No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
  • The Third Amendment protects citizens against the quartering of soldiers in private homes.

• The Acts of Parliament

  • Following the expiration of an act that provided British regulars with quartering in New York, Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1765, which went far beyond what Gage had requested.
  • When 1,500 British troops arrived at New York City in 1766, the New York Provincial Assembly refused to comply with the Quartering Act and did not supply quartering for the troops.
  • The Quartering Act was circumvented in all colonies other than Pennsylvania and expired on 1767.
  • An amendment to the original Quartering Act was passed on June 2, 1774.
  • The new Quartering Act similarly allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings, such as barns, inns, among other unoccupied structures, if suitable quarters were not provided.

• Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions

  • A half note is half the length of a whole note; a quarter note is half the length of a half note; an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note, and so on.
  • So a dotted half note, for example, would last as long as a half note plus a quarter note, or three quarters of a whole note.
  • A dotted half lasts as long as a half note plus a quarter note.
  • The same length may be written as a half note and a quarter note tied together.
  • A dotted quarter note, for example, would be the length of a quarter plus an eighth, because an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note.

• Rhythmic Values

  • For example, if a quarter note is equivalent in duration to two eighth notes, a dotted quarter note would be equivalent to three eighth notes.
  • For example, a quarter note with two dots would be equivalent in duration to a quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note.

• Statistical Literacy

  • Fox News aired the line graph below showing the number unemployed during four quarters between 2007 and 2010.
  • Although the data show the number unemployed, Fox News' graph is titled "Job Loss by Quarter."

• Fractions

  • An example can be seen in the following figure, in which a cake is divided into quarters:
  • A quarter is represented by the fraction $\frac{1}{4}$, where the numerator, 1, represents the single quarter and the denominator, 4, represents the number of quarters it takes to make a whole, or one dollar.
  • Imagine one pocket containing two quarters, and another pocket containing three quarters.
  • In total, there are five quarters.
  • Since four quarters is equivalent to one (dollar), this can be represented as follows:

• Crime and Punishment

  • By contrast, torturous executions were typically public, and woodcuts of English prisoners being hanged, drawn and quartered show large crowds of spectators, as do paintings of Spanish auto-da-fé executions, in which heretics were burned at the stake.
  • To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III (1216–1272) and his successor, Edward I (1272–1307).
  • Convicts were fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces).

• Ownership of Corporations

  • Thus, a person who owns a quarter of the shares of a joint-stock company owns a quarter of the company, is entitled to a quarter of the profit (or at least a quarter of the profit given to shareholders as dividends), and has a quarter of the votes that may be cast at general meetings.

• The Challenges of Adulthood

  • Both early and middle adulthood come with particular challenges; these challenges are at times referred to as "quarter-" and "mid-life crises," respectively.
  • A quarter-life crisis typically occurs between the ages of 25 and 30.
  • Some who experience a mid or quarter-life crisis struggle with how to cope and may engage in harmful behaviors, such as abuse of alcohol or drugs or excessive spending of money.
  • People experiencing a mid or quarter-life crisis generally feel anxious and unsure of themselves and the direction their life is taking.
  • Assess the meaning behind the terms "quarter-life crisis" and "midlife crisis," and the common challenges faced during these years

• Time Signature

  • So four quarter notes would fill up one measure.
  • But so would any other combination of notes that equals four quarters: one whole, two halves, one half plus two quarters, and so on.
  • After all, in arithmetic, four quarters adds up to the same thing as two halves.
  • This time signature means that there are three quarter notes (or any combination of notes that equals three quarter notes) in every measure.
  • In six eight time, a dotted quarter usually gets one beat.