Equal Shares: Halves and Fourths
Practice splitting shapes and groups into equal parts
Equal Shares: Halves and Fourths
Practice splitting shapes and groups into equal parts
Math - Grade K-1
- 1
A cookie is cut into 2 equal pieces. Write the name for each piece.
Two equal shares are called halves.
Each piece is one half of the cookie. - 2
Look at a square cut into 4 equal pieces. Write the name for each piece.
Four equal shares are called fourths.
Each piece is one fourth of the square. - 3
Draw one line to cut a rectangle into 2 equal shares.
The rectangle should be split into 2 equal parts, so each part is one half. - 4
Draw lines to cut a square into 4 equal shares.
You can make 2 lines, one up and down and one side to side.
The square should be split into 4 equal parts, so each part is one fourth. - 5
Mia has 2 crackers. She shares them equally with 1 friend. How many crackers does each person get?
Each person gets 1 cracker because 2 crackers shared equally by 2 people makes 1 cracker each. - 6
Four children share 4 apple slices equally. How many apple slices does each child get?
Give one slice to each child until all the slices are gone.
Each child gets 1 apple slice because 4 slices shared equally by 4 children makes 1 slice each. - 7
A sandwich is cut into 2 pieces, but one piece is much bigger than the other. Are the pieces halves?
The pieces are not halves because halves must be equal shares. - 8
A paper is cut into 4 pieces that are all the same size. Are the pieces fourths?
Fourth means one of 4 equal parts.
The pieces are fourths because there are 4 equal shares. - 9
Circle the shape that shows halves: a circle cut into 2 equal parts or a circle cut into 3 parts.
The circle cut into 2 equal parts shows halves. - 10
Circle the shape that shows fourths: a square cut into 4 equal parts or a square cut into 2 equal parts.
Look for 4 equal shares.
The square cut into 4 equal parts shows fourths. - 11
Sam has 8 blocks. He makes 2 equal groups. How many blocks are in each group?
Each group has 4 blocks because 8 blocks split into 2 equal groups makes 4 blocks in each group. - 12
Lena has 8 blocks. She makes 4 equal groups. How many blocks are in each group?
Share the blocks one at a time into 4 groups.
Each group has 2 blocks because 8 blocks split into 4 equal groups makes 2 blocks in each group. - 13
Color one half of a rectangle.
One of the 2 equal parts of the rectangle should be colored. - 14
Color one fourth of a square.
Color just 1 of the 4 equal parts.
One of the 4 equal parts of the square should be colored. - 15
Tell which is more: one half of a pizza or one fourth of the same pizza.
One half is more than one fourth because the same pizza is split into fewer equal pieces, so each half is bigger.