Question

which is bigger, one fourth of 16 or one third of 24?

Answer 1

One third of 24 because 3 is a whole number smaller than 4 so the answer would be 3/24 not 4/16.

Answer 2

1/3 of 24 is 8.  1/4 of 16 is 4.  So 1/3 of 24 is bigger