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Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths

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Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths

Read each question carefully. Circle, write or draw your answers. A whole is split into equal parts when every part is the same size.

Equal parts and fraction names

1.Which examples are split into equal-sized parts? Choose all that apply.
  • A strip cut into 2 parts of the same length
  • A circle cut into 4 parts of the same size
  • A square cut into 3 parts of different sizes
  • A shape cut into 8 parts that are all the same size
2.A whole kūmara pie is shared equally between four people. What fraction of the pie does each person get?
  • ½
  • ¼
  • ⅛
  • 4
3.Which fraction is greatest?
  • ½
  • ¼
  • ⅛
4.In ¼, what does the 4 tell you?
  • How many equal parts make the whole
  • How many parts are shaded
  • How many wholes there are

Writing and using fractions

5.Complete the sentence with a fraction word: A paper strip split into 2 equal parts gives one .
6.Complete the sentence with a fraction word: A whole split into 8 equal parts has one in each part.
7.Complete the sentence: The bottom number, which tells how many equal parts make the whole, is the .
8.Write each fraction using numbers: one half; one quarter; one eighth.
9.Hana has 8 feijoas. She gives one quarter of them to her brother. How many feijoas does she give him?
10.Match each fraction word to the number of equal parts in one whole.
  • Half
  • Quarter
  • Eighth
  • 4 equal parts
  • 8 equal parts
  • 2 equal parts
11.The diagram shows a bar divided into 2 equal parts. What fraction of the bar is one part?
12.A second bar, the same length as the first, is divided into 4 equal parts with 1 part shaded. Compare the shaded parts: is one half or one quarter bigger?

Fractions on a number line

13.Put these fractions in order from smallest to largest: ¼, ⅛, ½.
00.1250.250.3750.50.6250.750.8751
14.On the number line, write ½ at the halfway point between 0 and 1.
00.250.50.751
15.Complete the sentence: ¼ means part out of equal parts.
16.A paper square is folded in half, then folded in half again. If all the parts are equal, what fraction is each part?
  • ½
  • ¼
  • ⅛

4 printable pages

  • Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths, page 1 of 4: Equal parts and fraction names

    Page 1

  • Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths, page 2 of 4: Writing and using fractions

    Page 2

  • Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths, page 3 of 4: Fractions on a number line

    Page 3

  • Fractions: Halves, Quarters, Eighths, page 4 of 4: 15. Complete the sentence: ¼ means part out of equal

    Page 4

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