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Fair Shares or Not? is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on deciding whether a whole is cut into equal thirds or fourths, aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.A.3. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Fair Shares or Not?

2.G.A.3

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a cake cut into 4 pieces, one much smaller, a square cut into 4 small squares the same size, a circle cut into 3 slices the same size, a circle cut into 3 slices, one much bigger

Equal sharesNot equal shares
2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes, a circle cut into 4 slices the same size, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles, a rectangle cut into 3 strips of different widths

Equal sharesNot equal shares
3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles, a square cut into 4 small squares the same size, a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes, a rectangle cut into 3 pieces, one tiny

Equal sharesNot equal shares
4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a circle cut into 4 slices the same size, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles, a rectangle cut into 4 strips the same width, a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes

Equal sharesNot equal shares
5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a rectangle cut into 3 strips the same width, a circle cut into 3 slices the same size, a rectangle cut into 4 strips the same width, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles

Equal sharesNot equal shares

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Answer key — Fair Shares or Not?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Equal shares: a square cut into 4 small squares the same size, a circle cut into 3 slices the same size; Not equal shares: a cake cut into 4 pieces, one much smaller, a circle cut into 3 slices, one much bigger
  2. 2.Equal shares: a circle cut into 4 slices the same size, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles; Not equal shares: a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes, a rectangle cut into 3 strips of different widths
  3. 3.Equal shares: a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles, a square cut into 4 small squares the same size; Not equal shares: a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes, a rectangle cut into 3 pieces, one tiny
  4. 4.Equal shares: a circle cut into 4 slices the same size, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles, a rectangle cut into 4 strips the same width; Not equal shares: a square cut into 4 pieces of different sizes
  5. 5.Equal shares: a rectangle cut into 3 strips the same width, a circle cut into 3 slices the same size, a rectangle cut into 4 strips the same width, a square cut corner to corner both ways into 4 matching triangles; Not equal shares: —

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.G.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.