To find out how many teddy bears the employee can put on the display, we need to divide the maximum weight the display can hold by the weight of each teddy bear.
The maximum weight the display can hold is 14 pounds and each teddy bear weighs 1/4 pound.
\[ \text{Number of teddy bears} = \frac{\text{Maximum weight}}{\text{Weight of each teddy bear}} = \frac{14 \text{ pounds}}{1/4 \text{ pound}} \]
Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal:
\[ \frac{14}{1/4} = 14 \times 4 = 56 \]
Thus, the employee can put a total of 56 teddy bears on the display.
56