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Craft Day: Halves and Fourths

Grade 1 practice splitting paper circles and rectangles into equal halves and fourths, naming the shares, and comparing share sizes.

Grade 1MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1.G.A.3

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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students tell whether a circle or rectangle is split into equal shares.
Students name equal shares as halves, fourths, or quarters.
Students explain that more equal shares of the same whole are smaller shares.

How to use

Give each student a paper circle and a paper rectangle to fold before starting. Let them fold their paper to check answers on the equal-shares questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.G.A.3

Split circles and rectangles into two or four equal parts and name them halves, fourths, or quarters.

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Craft Day: Halves and Fourths

Fold and cut paper shapes into equal parts.

Equal shares

Equal shares are all the same size. Look closely at each shape.

Lily cuts a paper plate into 2 pieces. One piece is big and one piece is small. Did she cut the plate into halves?

A. Yes, because there are 2 pieces.
B. No, because the pieces are not the same size.
C. Yes, because the plate is a circle.

Circle each shape that is split into fourths.

Marco cuts a paper rectangle into 2 equal parts.

Word bank: half · fourth

Each part is called a .

Jamal has a paper rectangle. He folds it in half. Then he folds it in half again. He opens it up. How many equal parts does it have now?

equal parts

Name the parts

Look at the shaded part. Name it.

Maya paints part of a paper plate. What part of the plate is painted?

A. the whole plate
B. one fourth of the plate
C. half of the plate

Ben colors part of a paper rectangle. What part of the rectangle is colored?

A. one fourth of the rectangle
B. half of the rectangle
C. the whole rectangle

Match each shape to the words that tell about its shaded part.

A. four fourths make the whole
B. half of the shape
C. two halves make the whole
D. a quarter of the shape

Rosa cuts a paper plate into fourths for a flower craft.

It takes fourths to make the whole plate.

Kai cuts a paper rectangle into 4 equal parts. Which words name these parts? Choose all that are right.

A. halves
B. fourths
C. fours
D. quarters

Bigger or smaller shares

Think about the size of each share.

10.

Ana and Theo each have a paper plate. The plates are the same size. Ana cuts her plate into halves. Theo cuts his plate into fourths. Whose pieces are bigger?

A. Theo's fourths
B. Ana's halves
C. They are the same size.

11.

Sort each sentence. Is it true or false?

Half of a plate is bigger than a fourth of the same plate.Four quarters make one whole.If a shape is cut into 2 parts, the parts are always halves.A quarter is another name for a fourth.Cutting a rectangle into more equal parts makes each part bigger.Two halves make one whole.