Hi,

Here are two ways to look at the problem.

First Method:

1/4 of the cake is left and the next day each of the 4 remaining people get 1/4 of the left over cake. What is 1/4 of 1/4?

Second Method:

Here is an image of the whole cake

and here is an image of the 1/4 cake with lines to indicate where to cut it into 4 equal size pieces.

If you cut the entire cake into pieces of this size how many would there be?

Penny