How do you say 1/4?

[ax2]

Do you say one fourth or one quarter?

I know both are right, obviously, but I just saw a tv chef say "one fourth cup" and it would never occur to me to call that anything but a "quarter cup".

[AlpineSlide]

I say one quarter.

[iamgrace]

Both ways. I'm wild and crazy.

[snickers]

I say quarter cup

[Yankees21]

I say one fourth.

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25%

MIND EXPLODES.

[shoeless]

Depends on the situation. In cooking I say 1/4 a cup, but in any other measurement I say quarter (ie: quarter inch).

[wambam]

It depends on the context.

[mrsgoontz]

I would probably say "one fourth of a cup"

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Jul 18, 2013 12:00:09 GMT -5 ax2 said:

Do you say one fourth or one quarter?

I know both are right, obviously, but I just saw a tv chef say "one fourth cup" and it would never occur to me to call that anything but a "quarter cup".

I say "a quarter"

[Deleted]

Point two five!

I'm here all week.

[Kit]

I usually say a quarter.

[lightbulbsun]

I say both, but when talking about food measurements I'm more likely to say one quarter.

[BaliHai]

If I'm baking it's "a quarter cup"; otherwise, one fourth.

[anlo]

I'm pretty sure I say one quarter most of the time.

[sergey]

quarter cup

[puppyluv]

1/4 cup. I rarely say a quarter of something.

[sonrisa]

Jul 18, 2013 12:03:35 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Point two five!

lol. That is how DH will write it into a recipe. 

[karinothing]

If I do baking it is always a fourth of a cup. It never occured to me that people said quarter cup! What do you say if you need 3/4 cup?

[polka]

By itself: one fourth

In a recipe or something: a quarter

[rex]

If we are strictly talking about cooking or baking, then I say "a quarter."

[sonrisa]

Jul 18, 2013 12:12:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

If I do baking it is always a fourth of a cup. It never occured to me that people said quarter cup! What do you say if you need 3/4 cup?

Three quarters cup 

(I usually skip the "of a" when talking about 1/4  or 3/4 in recipes.  I don't know why.)

[ax2]

Jul 18, 2013 12:13:43 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

i always say one fourth. what do you say if it's 1/3, weirdos?

Ha, it's a third of a cup! Color me amused by these answers.

[bania]

Jul 18, 2013 12:13:43 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

i always say one fourth. what do you say if it's 1/3, weirdos?

1/4= a quarter cup of ...
1/3= a third of a cup of ...

[margarita]

One quarter

[ax2]

Jul 18, 2013 12:12:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

If I do baking it is always a fourth of a cup. It never occured to me that people said quarter cup! What do you say if you need 3/4 cup?

So you say three fourths, then? Hm.

[agnes]

Jul 18, 2013 12:12:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

If I do baking it is always a fourth of a cup. It never occured to me that people said quarter cup! What do you say if you need 3/4 cup?

Three quarters.

I say both one fourth and a quarter.  But I think I mostly say three quarters.

[PennyCandy]

one quarter

[karinothing]

Jul 18, 2013 12:22:46 GMT -5 ax2 said:

Jul 18, 2013 12:12:06 GMT -5 karinothing said:

If I do baking it is always a fourth of a cup. It never occured to me that people said quarter cup! What do you say if you need 3/4 cup?

So you say three fourths, then? Hm.

Yeah, in baking it never occurred to me to say it any other way. How funny.