A quarter is like when you take a big, yummy pizza and cut it into four equal pieces. Each piece is a quarter of the pizza. So, if you eat one piece, you’ve eaten one quarter of the pizza. It’s like sharing with three friends, so everyone gets the same amount.
Imagine your favorite toy that can be split into four parts. Each part is one quarter of the toy. If you have all four parts together, you have the whole toy. But if you only have one part, you have just a quarter of the toy.
Think about a clock. A clock has a big circle, and when the minute hand moves from 12 to 3, it has moved a quarter of the way around the clock. This means it has moved one-fourth of the way around the circle.
Another way to see a quarter is with money. In some places, a quarter is a coin that is worth 25 cents, which is one-fourth of a dollar. So if you have four quarters, you have one whole dollar.