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Fractions Practice — Halves, Thirds and Fourths
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Try these before or after you print the worksheet. The bottom number says how many equal parts the whole is cut into, and that number has a name: two parts are halves, three are thirds, four are fourths.
Cut into
Called
One part
2 equal parts
halves
one is a half
3 equal parts
thirds
one is a third
4 equal parts
fourths (or quarters)
one is a fourth
Question 1
A whole cut into three equal parts is cut into:
Thirds. The name follows the number of parts: two gives halves, three gives thirds, four gives fourths.
Question 2
1/3 means 1 part out of how many equal parts?
3 equal parts. The bottom number always tells you how many the whole was cut into — the top tells you how many you have.
Question 3
A pie is cut into 4 pieces, but one piece is much bigger than the others. Is each piece one fourth?
No.Fourths means four equal parts. Four unequal pieces are still four pieces, but none of them is a fourth.
Question 4 — select all that apply
Select every fraction where the whole has been cut into fourths, then press Check.
2/4, 3/4, 1/4. Look at the bottom number only — that is what tells you how the whole was cut. The top number says how many parts are shaded, which does not change the name.
Question 5
What does 2/2 mean?
The whole thing. Two halves out of two halves is all of it. Whenever the top and bottom numbers match, you have one whole.
Question 6 — put them in order
Click these in order, from the smallest to the largest.
1/4 < 1/3 < 1/2 < 2/2. Cutting something into more pieces makes each piece smaller, so 1/4 is less than 1/2 even though 4 is more than 2.
Question 7
Mia ate 1/4 of a pizza that had 4 slices. How many slices did she eat?
1 slice. The pizza has 4 slices, so each slice is one fourth. Eating 1/4 means eating one of them.
Think about it
Two equal parts are halves and three are thirds. What would you call five equal parts?
Which is bigger, 1/2 or 1/4? Draw both and check.
2/2 is one whole. What is 3/3? And 4/4?
Tom shares a chocolate bar equally with one friend. What fraction does each get, and how many people is that altogether?