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Year 2 Halves and Quarters Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 2 Halves and Quarters Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Part A: Find half and a quarter

Half means 2 equal groups. A quarter means 4 equal groups.

1.Half of 12 = (answer space)

Answer: 6

  1. Share 12 into 2 equal groups: 12 ÷ 2 = 6
2.A quarter of 12 = (answer space)

Answer: 3

  1. Share 12 into 4 equal groups: 12 ÷ 4 = 3
3.Half of 24 = (answer space)

Answer: 12

  1. Share 24 into 2 equal groups: 24 ÷ 2 = 12
4.A quarter of 40 = (answer space)

Answer: 10

  1. Share 40 into 4 equal groups: 40 ÷ 4 = 10
5.Half of 40 = (answer space)

Answer: 20

  1. Share 40 into 2 equal groups: 40 ÷ 2 = 20
6.A quarter of 28 = (answer space)

Answer: 7

  1. Share 28 into 4 equal groups: 28 ÷ 4 = 7

Part B: Equal parts?

Each | splits the group into parts. Halves and quarters must be equal parts.

7.★★ | ★★★ — Is this shared into equal halves?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: no

The parts have 2 and 3 — they are not equal, so they are not halves.

8.▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲▲▲ — Is this shared into equal quarters?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: no

The parts have 3, 3, 3 and 5 — they are not equal, so they are not quarters.

9.♥ | ♥♥♥ — Is this shared into equal halves?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: no

The parts have 1 and 3 — they are not equal, so they are not halves.

10.▲▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲▲ | ▲▲▲▲ — Is this shared into equal quarters?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: yes

Every part has 4, so the parts are equal quarters.

11.◆◆◆◆◆ | ◆◆◆◆◆ | ◆◆◆◆◆ | ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ — Is this shared into equal quarters?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: no

The parts have 5, 5, 5 and 7 — they are not equal, so they are not quarters.

12.♥♥ | ♥♥ | ♥♥ | ♥♥♥♥ — Is this shared into equal quarters?
  1. Ayes
  2. Bno

Answer: no

The parts have 2, 2, 2 and 4 — they are not equal, so they are not quarters.

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