Fractions can be tricky, especially for older children who have not picked up the basics at an early age, so it is important to spend some time on this.
As well as dividing shapes into half, numbers can also be halved, or divided into two equal parts.
Using practical apparatus is the best way to introduce this: divide a number of counters, sweets, cards etc into two equal parts. This is often done along the lines of ‘one for you, one for me’. These worksheets can act as a backup or reinforcement to make sure that children understand that numbers can also be divided by two.
Note that we only use even numbers at this stage: however, remainders or ‘one left over’ may well occur in real life situations.
These maths worksheets can be found in our Superbrains, Division and Fractions section.