Partitioning Shapes
This worksheet helps fourth-grade students understand how to partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
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Partitioning Shapes Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to partition the shapes and answer the questions.
1. Partition the rectangle below into 4 equal shares. What fraction of the whole is each share?
2. Partition the circle below into 3 equal shares. What fraction of the whole is each share?
3. When a shape is partitioned into equal shares, each share has the same .
4. If a square is divided into 2 equal parts, each part is called a .
5. Partitioning a shape means dividing it into smaller .
6. Which of the following shapes is partitioned into equal fourths?
7. You can partition any shape into any number of equal shares.
True
False
8. Each part of a shape partitioned into sixths is 1/6 of the whole.
True
False
9. Draw a rectangle and partition it into 6 equal shares. Label each share with its unit fraction.
10. Draw a square and partition it into 8 equal shares. Label each share with its unit fraction.
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