1st Grade Halves and Fourths Worksheet (PDF)
This halves fourths worksheet for 1st Grade covers halves and fourths (Common Core 1.G.A.3), with a free PDF to print.
This free Grade 1 worksheet has 22 problems on halves and fourths (Common Core 1.G.A.3). Students count equal shares, shade one half or one fourth, and tell equal cuts from unequal cuts.
The problems start with easy counting and naming. The last six are short word problems about pancakes, pizza, quilts, and gardens.
Grade 1 · Common Core State Standards: 1.G.A.3
Halves fourths worksheet: exercises 1 to 10
Exercise 1 – Count the shares
Count the equal shares in the circle. How many shares are there?
Exercise 2 – Name each part
Mei folds a paper napkin so it has 2 parts of the same size. What word names each part?
Exercise 3 – Another name
Write another name for a fourth.
Exercise 4 – Shade a half
Shade one half of the rectangle.
Exercise 5 – Shade a fourth
Shade one fourth of the circle.
Exercise 6 – Equal or not equal
Is the rectangle cut into halves? Write yes or no.
Exercise 7 – Draw halves
Draw one line to cut the square into halves.
Exercise 8 – Halves in a whole
How many halves make one whole?
Exercise 9 – Fourths in a whole
How many fourths make one whole?
Exercise 10 – Corner to corner
A square is cut from corner to corner into 2 triangles that are the same size. Are the 2 parts halves? Write yes or no.
Exercises 11 and up
Exercise 11 – Name the shaded share
What is the shaded share called? Use the word fourth or quarter.
Exercise 12 – Smaller share
The two circles are the same size. Which shaded share is smaller, in Circle A or in Circle B?
Exercise 13 – Find the fourths
Which shapes are cut into fourths? Write the letters.
Exercise 14 – Two cuts, four shares
Both squares are cut into 4 parts of the same size. Are both squares cut into fourths? Write yes or no.
Exercise 15 – True or false
Write true or false. A fourth of a pizza is bigger than a half of the same pizza.
Exercise 16 – Two ways to cut halves
Both circles are the same size. Are both circles cut into halves? Write yes or no.
Exercise 17 – Maya's pancake
Maya cuts a pancake into 2 equal shares and eats 1 share. What part of the pancake did she eat?
Exercise 18 – Quilt square
Jamal’s quilt square is cut into 4 equal shares. He colors 1 share blue.
- What part of the quilt square is blue?
- How many shares are not blue? Write an equation.
Exercise 19 – Sandwich cuts
Priya cuts a sandwich into 2 equal shares. Then she cuts each share into 2 equal shares. How many shares does she have now? What is each share called?
Exercise 20 – Pizza night
Diego cuts a pizza into 4 equal slices. Four friends each take 1 slice.
- What part of the pizza does each friend get?
- How many slices are left? Write an equation.
Exercise 21 – Bigger piece
Ethan eats half of a pie. Aisha eats a fourth of an identical pie. Who ate more pie?
Exercise 22 – Garden beds
Noah’s square garden is split into 4 equal beds. He plants carrots in 1 bed, beans in 1 bed, and peas in 1 bed.
- What part of the garden has peas?
- How many beds are still empty?
- How many fourths make the whole garden?
Key facts behind this halves fourths worksheet
- Equal shares are exactly the same size.
- A whole cut into 2 equal shares has 2 halves.
- A whole cut into 4 equal shares has 4 fourths, also called quarters.
- Fourth and quarter are two names for the same share.
- More equal shares means smaller shares, so a fourth is smaller than a half.
How to use this halves fourths worksheet
Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.
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