What is a quarter of 40?

To find a quarter of 40, you divide 40 by 4. A quarter means one part of four equal parts.

So, when you calculate:

40 ÷ 4 = 10

This means that a quarter of 40 is 10. In simpler terms, if you had 40 items and you wanted to share them equally among four people, each person would receive 10 items.