Halves is a free printable Grade 2 maths worksheet on two equal parts of a whole, aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.A.3. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
2.G.A.3
What fraction is shaded?
LessonPrint · 2.G.A.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises two equal parts of a whole — 6 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.G.A.3: Split shapes into halves, thirds and quarters. The instruction to pupils is “What fraction is shaded?”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.G.A.3 — 2.G.A.3, in the Geometry domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Halves is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.G.A.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 6 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Yes. Halves, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “Sharing Shapes into Equal Parts” is a 45-minute Grade 2 plan for 2.G.A.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Halves is the practice that follows it.
Split shapes into halves, thirds and quarters.
Teaching this next? Sharing Shapes into Equal Parts is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.G.A.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.