Partition into Thirds and Sixths is a free printable Grade 3 maths worksheet on splitting into three or six equal parts, aligned to Common Core standard 3.G.A.2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.
3.G.A.2
Shade the fraction shown.
LessonPrint · 3.G.A.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises splitting into three or six equal parts — 8 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core 3.G.A.2: Split shapes into equal parts and name each part as a fraction. The instruction to pupils is “Shade the fraction shown”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.G.A.2 — 3.G.A.2, in the Geometry domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Partition into Thirds and Sixths is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on 3.G.A.2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 8 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 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Partition into Thirds and Sixths, 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 — “Equal Parts as Unit Fractions” is a 45-minute Grade 3 plan for 3.G.A.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Partition into Thirds and Sixths is the practice that follows it.
Split shapes into equal parts and name each part as a fraction.
Teaching this next? Equal Parts as Unit Fractions is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3.G.A.2 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.