Question

James has 16 balloons . ¼ of his balloons are red . How many red balloons does he have.

Answer 1

4 because 1/4 is basically dividing by 4

Answer 2

James has 16 balloons
 1/4 is red 
1/4 divide 16
4 divide 16 = 4 
 therefore he has 4 red balloons.