Grade 2 · Math · Unit 5 of 14
Fair Shares
Halves, thirds, fourths and sixths
What your child practises
Sharing items fairly among 2, 3, 4 or 6 people, including leftovers cut into halves, thirds and fourths, and seeing that different fractions can be equal.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B1.6, B1.7 · sharing up to 10 items fairly, and equal fractions such as one third and two sixths
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
8 🍓 are shared fairly by 4 friends. How much does each get?
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓- 2 and a third
- 3 and a half
- 2
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2
Hint: Share them out one at a time. Cut what is left into equal parts.
Question 2
Which is the same amount as one half?
- three sixths
- one sixth
- two sixths
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three sixths
Hint: Three sixths fill the same space as one half.
Question 3
What fraction of the shape is shaded?
- 2/3
- 1/3
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1/3
Hint: The bottom number says how many equal parts. The top number says how many are shaded.
Question 4
What fraction of the shape is shaded?
- 2/3
- 1/3
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2/3
Hint: The bottom number says how many equal parts. The top number says how many are shaded.
Question 5
Which is the same amount as one third?
- two sixths
- three sixths
- one sixth
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two sixths
Hint: Cut each third in half and you get two sixths.
Question 6
9 ⭐ are shared fairly by 3 friends. How much does each get?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- 1 and a half
- 2 and a half
- 3
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3
Hint: Share them out one at a time. Cut what is left into equal parts.