Hey, you're correct. I meant 'fourth'. I also have problems with the word versions of 12th and 40th! By the way, the prefix 'quater-' means multiply by four.
Quater also means multiply by 4. I think they were pointing out that in the same post where you were criticizing them for what was pretty clearly a typo ("forth" instead of "fourth") you also made a typo ("quater" instead of "quarter") that changed the meaning.
Are you making the same typo or using a new word here? Let's get past the typo.
I have never seen the word quarter used to mean multiply by 4. If I was told to quarter something, I would divide it into fourths. When/where were you taught or come to understand that quarter means to multiply. If you quarter something, you went from one item to four items. Is that your understanding of multiplying? You didn't go to 4 items though you went to four 1/4 items.
I just have never in my experience seen quarter mean multiply by 4. If there's something to be learned, I'm up for learning it.
Nobody said "quarter" means multiply by 4. They said "quater" means multiply by 4, which it essentially does [1]. In addition to being a real word, it's also a prefix, e.g. "quaternary" means fourth in order.
You made a typo (quater) in correcting someone's else's typo (forth). Several people have pointed out the irony and have patiently tried to teach you a new word, but you seem to keep reading past all of them without comprehending ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Forth" is just as easy a typo for "fourth" as "quater" is for "quarter". It's uncharitable to assume someone is using the wrong word when it's just as likely that they made a typo or misspelled the correct word.