Count the equal parts of a shape worksheets

What is on this worksheet

Students count the equal parts in circles, rectangles and squares cut into 2, 3 or 4 equal parts and write the number.

• Task: Count the equal parts
• Fractions: Halves, thirds and fourths

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About halves, thirds and fourths

Four kinds of page build the idea of equal shares. Color one half, one third or one fourth of a shape; circle the shape that is cut into equal parts (the other one has parts of different sizes); count the equal parts a shape is cut into; or circle the words that name the colored part.

Keep it to halves, add fourths, or add thirds too. Shapes can be circles, rectangles, squares or a mix. Every cut is exact, so equal parts really are equal. Read the instruction aloud with younger children.

Printing

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