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Fractions on Ten Grids

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Fractions on Ten Grids

Use each ten grid as one whole divided into equal parts. Write fractions in simplest form when you can. Shade neatly.

Understanding tenths

1.A ten grid has how many equal squares?
2.What fraction of a ten grid is one square?
  • 1/2
  • 1/5
  • 1/10
  • 1/4
3.Five of the ten squares are coloured. What fraction of the grid is coloured? Give your answer in tenths and in simplest form.

Show fractions on ten grids

4.Shade a ten grid to show 3/10.
5.Shade a ten grid to show 1/2. How many squares should be shaded?
6.Which amount of a ten grid can show 1/4 exactly?
  • 1 square
  • 2 squares
  • 2 1/2 squares
  • 4 squares
7.Shade a ten grid to show 7/10.

Combine and compare fractions

8.A grid has 3/10 shaded. Then 2 more squares are shaded. What fraction is shaded now?
9.Select every expression that makes 1/2 of a ten grid.
  • 5/10
  • 3/10 + 2/10
  • 4/10 + 2/10
  • 1/10 + 4/10
  • 2/10 + 3/10
10.Draw one ten grid to show 2/10 + 3/10. Write the total in tenths and as a fraction in simplest form.
11.Match each fraction to the description that fits it.
  • 1/10
  • 5/10
  • 3/10
  • 8/10
  • 2/10
  • Half of the grid shaded
  • Two squares shaded
  • Eight squares shaded
  • One square shaded
  • Three squares shaded
12.Explain how you would use a ten grid to show 4/10.
13.Decide whether each statement is true or false: 5/10 = 1/2; 1/4 is greater than 3/10; 2/10 + 8/10 = 1 whole.
TrueFalse
14.Two ten grids represent two wholes. Show 15/10 by shading the grids. How many whole grids and how many extra tenths does this make?

4 printable pages

  • Fractions on Ten Grids, page 1 of 4: Understanding tenths

    Page 1

  • Fractions on Ten Grids, page 2 of 4: Show fractions on ten grids

    Page 2

  • Fractions on Ten Grids, page 3 of 4: Combine and compare fractions

    Page 3

  • Fractions on Ten Grids, page 4 of 4: 12. Explain how you would use a ten grid to show 4/10.

    Page 4

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