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Doubling and Halving Exploration

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Doubling and Halving Exploration

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🔢 Part 1: Understanding Doubling

1. Circle the correct answer. What does "doubling" mean?

Adding 1 more

Making two equal groups

Taking away half

2. Complete these doubling problems:

Double 3 = 3 + 3 = _____

Double 5 = _____ + _____ = _____

Double 7 = _____ + _____ = _____

3. Sarah has 4 cupcakes. She doubles them. How many cupcakes does she have now?
4. Draw dots to show doubling 6:

✂️ Part 2: Understanding Halving

5. What does "halving" mean? Circle the best answer:

Splitting into two equal parts

Adding two numbers together

Making the number bigger

6. Find half of these numbers:

Half of 8 = _____

Half of 12 = _____

Half of 16 = _____

7. Tom has 10 sweets. He shares them equally with his friend. How many sweets does each person get?
8. Draw circles around the counters to show half of 14:

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🔄 Part 3: Connecting Doubling and Halving

9. Fill in the missing numbers:

If double 4 = 8, then half of 8 = _____

If double 6 = _____, then half of 12 = _____

10. Which of these show doubling and halving that go together? Tick all correct pairs:

Double 3 = 6 and Half of 6 = 3

Double 5 = 10 and Half of 8 = 4

Double 7 = 14 and Half of 14 = 7

11. Explain in your own words: How are doubling and halving connected?

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