Equal Shares in the Art Room
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Cut paper, plates, and clay into halves, thirds, and fourths.
Name the share
Each shape is split into equal shares. Look at the shaded part.
1.
Ana cut a paper plate into equal shares. She colored one share red. What is the red share called?
2.
Jamal folded a strip of paper into equal shares. He colored one share blue.
The strip has equal shares. The blue part is one of the strip.
3.
Lily cut a felt circle into 2 equal shares.
The shaded part is one of the circle. The whole circle is halves.
4.
Match each shape to the words that tell about its shaded part.
Equal or not equal?
Equal shares are all the same size. Read each problem carefully.
5.
Sort each cut. Does it make equal shares or shares that are not equal?
6.
Tia and Marco each have a square of paper. The squares are the same size. Tia cuts hers from corner to corner into 2 equal triangles. Marco cuts his straight down the middle into 2 equal rectangles. Each of them keeps one piece. Who has more paper?
7.
Use the word bank to finish each sentence.
A whole cut into 3 equal shares is cut into .
A whole cut into 4 equal shares is cut into .
A whole cut into 2 equal shares is cut into .
8.
Ms. Patel cut shapes for a class collage. Circle each shape that is cut into thirds.
Art room problems
Read each story. Draw a picture if it helps.
9.
Owen has a rectangle of clay. He cuts it into 3 equal shares and gives 1 share to each of his 3 friends.
Each friend gets one of the clay. The whole rectangle is thirds.
10.
Hana and Leo each have a sheet of paper. The sheets are the same size. Hana cuts hers into halves. Leo cuts his into fourths. Whose pieces are bigger?
11.
Zara folds a paper circle in half. Then she folds it in half again. When she opens it, the fold lines split the circle into equal shares.
The circle has equal shares. Each share is one of the circle.
12.
Draw a rectangle and split it into 4 equal shares. Shade one share. Write words that tell about the shaded part and about the whole rectangle.