Question

Samuel bought $\frac{1}{4}$ of $16$ apples. How many apple slices does he have?

Answer 1

Total number of apples $=16$
Number of apples bought $=\frac{1}{4}$ of $16$
$=\frac{1}{4}\times 16$

$=\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{16}{1}$

$=\frac{1\times 16}{4\times 1}$

$=\frac{16}{4}$

Cancel out the common factors of numerator and denominator of the fraction

$=\frac{4\times 4}{4}$

$=4$ apples
Samuel has $4$ slices of apples.