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Doubling and Halving Fun

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Doubling and Halving Fun

Help pack snacks for a picnic! Double means two equal groups. Half means sharing a whole into two equal parts. Try drawing or using the diagrams to work things out.

Double it!

Find the total when there are two equal groups.

1.A picnic basket has 5 apples. You pack another 5 apples. Which number sentence shows the total?
  • 5 + 5 = 10
  • 5 + 2 = 7
  • 5 − 5 = 0
2.There are 4 crackers on one plate and 4 on another. How many crackers are there altogether? Write a number sentence.
3.Complete the doubles pattern: double 2 is 4, double 3 is 6, double 4 is , and double 5 is .
4.A kookaburra has 2 wings. How many wings do 2 kookaburras have? Use the diagram to help you count.

Share it fairly

Halving means splitting into two equal groups.

5.Six strawberries are shared equally between two picnic plates. How many strawberries go on each plate?
6.True or false: Half of 10 juice boxes is 5 juice boxes.
TrueFalse
7.Match each picnic amount to its double.
  • Double 3
  • Double 6
  • Double 8
  • 12
  • 16
  • 6
8.Tahnee has 12 grapes and shares them equally with her brother. How many grapes does each person get? Show how you know.

Picnic puzzles

Use doubling and halving to solve these picnic problems.

9.There are 7 sandwiches in a lunch box. Another lunch box has the same number. How many sandwiches are there altogether?
10.Grace has 16 cherry tomatoes and puts half in a bowl. How many tomatoes does he put in the bowl? Explain or show your halving strategy.

3 printable pages

  • Doubling and Halving Fun, page 1 of 3: Double it!

    Page 1

  • Doubling and Halving Fun, page 2 of 3: Share it fairly

    Page 2

  • Doubling and Halving Fun, page 3 of 3: Picnic puzzles

    Page 3

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