Answer: Imagine cutting something, if you cut a cake in half you have 1/2 (there is two pieces), if you cut from top to bottom it would give you 1/4 (there is 4 pieces)
Let’s say you have one pizza and you need to split it equally among 3 friends. How many slices does each friend get??
How you solve that problem is you draw 1 big circle and cut it vertically and horizontally. Now you have 4ths because there are 4 people sharing the pizza. Now you know that if you split it into fourths, each person gets 1/4 (one fourth of the pizza.
