When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
there are less than one-quarter that many
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
it is less than one-quarter of that amount
as many的用法(摘自Longman):
as many=a number that is equal to another number ?表示同样的数字
They say the people of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools.
in as many days/weeks/games etc.
A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days).
*: "twice as many", "one-quarter as many", etc.都是非常常见的用法,记住这样的表达
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