This grade 2 shapes equal shares worksheet gives 24 problems on shapes and equal shares, ordered from easy to hard, with a separate answer key.
These 24 problems practice the Grade 2 geometry standards 2.G.A.1, 2.G.A.2, and 2.G.A.3. Students name triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes, count squares in rows and columns, and describe halves, thirds, and fourths of circles and rectangles.
The problems start with easy shape counting and finish with word problems. Look closely at each picture before you answer, and write full answers.
Grade 2 Shapes Equal Shares Worksheet: problems 1–5
Problem 1: Count the sides
Look at shape A. How many sides and how many vertices does it have? Write the name of the shape.
Problem 2: Name the quadrilateral
Shape B has 4 sides. What do we call any shape with 4 sides? Then name shape B.
Problem 3: Five sides
A shape has 5 sides and 5 vertices. Write its name.
Problem 4: Count the vertices
How many vertices does shape C have? Write its name.
Problem 5: Most and fewest sides
Which shape has the most sides? Which shape has the fewest sides?
Grade 2 Shapes Equal Shares Worksheet: problems 6–10
Problem 6: Find the quadrilaterals
Which shapes are quadrilaterals? Write the letters.
Problem 7: Draw a square
Draw a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides and 4 square corners. What is it called?
Problem 8: Faces of a cube
How many faces does this cube have?
Problem 9: Shape of a face
Sam rolls a number cube. Each face has the same shape. Name the shape and tell how many sides it has.
Problem 10: Rows and columns
Count the rows and the columns. Then find how many squares there are in all.
Grade 2 Shapes Equal Shares Worksheet: problems 11–15
Problem 11: Count the squares
Write an addition sentence for the squares. Then write the total.
Problem 12: Repeated addition
A rectangle has 4 rows. Each row has 3 squares. Write an addition sentence to find the total.
Problem 13: Draw rows and columns
Draw a rectangle that has 3 rows and 3 columns of equal squares. How many squares are there?
Problem 14: Floor tiles
Mr. Lopez covers a small floor with square tiles. He puts 5 rows of 4 tiles. How many tiles does he use?
Problem 15: One half
What part of the rectangle is shaded? Write the answer in words.
Grade 2 Shapes Equal Shares Worksheet: problems 16–20
Problem 16: One third
What part of the circle is shaded? Write the answer in words.
Problem 17: Three fourths
The rectangle is cut into equal shares. How many fourths are shaded? Write the answer in words.
Problem 18: Cut a circle
Draw lines to cut a circle into 4 equal shares. What is each share called?
Problem 19: Same size, new shape
Two same-size squares are each cut in half, as shown. Are the shares in A halves? Are the shares in B halves?
Problem 20: Which shows halves?
Which rectangle is cut into halves, A or B? Explain.
Grade 2 Shapes Equal Shares Worksheet: problems 21–24
Problem 21: Sandwich halves
Mia cuts a sandwich into 2 equal shares. She eats 1 share. What part of the sandwich did she eat? How many halves make the whole sandwich?
Problem 22: Pizza fourths
Jamal cuts a pizza into 4 equal slices. He eats 1 slice. What part of the pizza did he eat? How many fourths are left?
Problem 23: Garden plants
Priya plants seeds in 4 rows. Each row has 6 seeds. How many seeds does she plant?
Problem 24: Cracker thirds
Diego breaks a cracker into 3 equal shares. He gives one share to each friend. How many friends get a share? What do 3 thirds make?
How to use this grade 2 shapes equal shares worksheet
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