Where in the sentence should the writer add a hyphen?

I spend about-half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.
I spend about half my time, he spends two-thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.
I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a-third, of her time on research.
I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe-a-third, of her time on research.

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the second sentence, because fractions like "two-thirds" or "three-fourths" are always hyphened.  "a quarter till two", "a third", and things like that don't need to be hyphened. :)

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