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Year 1 · Halves and quarters

Finding unit fractions of amounts

1)of10=
2)of12=
3)of6=
4)of4=
5)of8=
6)of24=
7)of16=
8)of20=
9)of12=
10)of8=
11)of6=
12)of16=
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Year 1 · Halves and quarters · Finding unit fractions of amounts

1)of10=5
2)of12=3
3)of6=3
4)of4=2
5)of8=4
6)of24=6
7)of16=4
8)of20=5
9)of12=6
10)of8=2
11)of6=3
12)of16=4
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What Year 1 fractions covers

Year 1 meets exactly two fractions: a half and a quarter, each defined as one of two or one of four equal parts. This sheet asks for them as amounts — 1/2 of 12, 1/4 of 16 — which children answer by sharing the amount into equal groups and counting one group, not by dividing. Every amount divides exactly, so no answer ever has anything left over. The sheet is 18 questions rather than the usual 20. Every sheet is A4, print-ready, and comes with an answer key.

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Questions parents ask

What fractions does Year 1 cover?

Two: a half and a quarter. The curriculum defines them by what they are rather than by how they are written — a half is one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity, and a quarter is one of four. That word “equal” carries the whole idea. A child who splits eight counters into a pile of three and a pile of five has halved nothing, and spotting that is the Year 1 skill. Thirds arrive in Year 2, along with three quarters.

Why does every amount divide exactly?

Because a Year 1 child has no way to write what is left over. These sheets build each question the other way round from how you might expect — the amount is chosen as a multiple of the denominator, so a quarter question is always a quarter of 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24, never a quarter of 10. That keeps every answer a whole number a child can reach by sharing counters into equal groups and counting one group. Remainders are Year 5 work.

Should my child be dividing to answer these?

Not yet, and it is worth not teaching it. Year 1 finds a half or a quarter by sharing into equal groups — physically, with counters, buttons or pasta — and then counting what one group holds. Halving is also the natural route in: a quarter is half and half again, so a quarter of 16 is 8 then 4. Children meet the division sign in Year 2 and connect it to these facts then. Doing it early skips the part that makes fractions make sense.

Are the answers included?

Yes. Keep 'Answers' ticked and a separate answer-key page is made with every sheet, so marking takes seconds. Every amount divides exactly, so every answer is a whole number.

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