How to position three divs in html horizontally?

Question

I am creating a sample website which has three divisions horizontally. I want the left most div to be 25% width, the middle one to be 50% width, and right to be 25% width so

Answer 1

You can use floating elements like so:

    
Left Side Menu
    
Random Content
    
Right Side Menu

Note the overflow: hidden; on the parent container, this is to make the parent grow to have the same dimensions as the child elements (otherwise it will have a height of 0).