Grade 4 Fractions Worksheet: Shade, Name, and Match

About This Resource

A three-page worksheet that has students name fractions from shaded shapes, shade shapes to match a given fraction, match fractions to pictures, and fill in missing numbers in a shaded/total/fraction table, finishing with an open bonus challenge. Built to give solid, varied practice with halves, thirds, and quarters in one sitting.

Overview

This worksheet covers the core skill of moving between a shaded picture and its fraction from four different angles, so that a student who has only memorised one direction (say, naming a fraction from a picture) is pushed to also work the other way around (shading a picture to match a fraction). Activity 1 has students count shaded and total parts and write the fraction. Activity 2 gives blank shapes and a target fraction for the student to shade themselves. Activity 3 is a matching task between four lettered shapes and a list of fractions. Activity 4 is a fill-in-the-blank table connecting shaded parts, total parts, and fraction notation, with some values missing in each row. A bonus challenge invites students to design and label their own shape split into more than four equal parts.

Resource Details

Subject: Math
Topic: Fractions
Category: Fractions & Decimals
File Type: PDF
File Size: 77.9 KB
Published: 05 Sep 2026
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Student Task

Use this worksheet for independent practice after the Understanding Fractions PowerPoint and some guided board practice, or as homework once the concept has been introduced in class. Students can work through it independently; Activity 2 (shading to match a fraction) works well checked in pairs, since students can compare which parts they chose to shade and confirm both are valid ways to show the same fraction. Review as a class or collect for grading, using the answer key — for Activity 2, remind students that any matching number of equal parts is correct, since which specific parts are shaded doesn't change the fraction.

Classroom Use

Turn Activity 3 into a quick partner race: give pairs a fresh set of four lettered shapes and a list of fractions on the board, and see which pair can correctly match all four fastest, then have the winning pair explain their reasoning to the class.

Differentiation

SUPPORT: Provide a shaded example fraction card students can hold up to compare against as they complete Activity 2, and allow students to describe fractions verbally in their first language to a peer or aide before writing the English notation.
ON-LEVEL: Students complete all four activities and the bonus challenge in the order given.
CHALLENGE: For the bonus challenge, ask advanced students to also write a word problem that matches the fraction they shaded, connecting the drawing back to a real-world context.

Answer Key & Assessment

Collect the completed worksheet as a graded task, or use it as a formative check by circulating during independent work and noting which activity types individual students find easiest or hardest.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to name a fraction by counting shaded and total equal parts.
Students will be able to shade a shape to represent a given fraction.
Students will be able to match a fraction to its correct visual representation.
Students will be able to complete a table connecting shaded parts, total parts, and fraction notation.
Students will be able to construct their own equally divided shape beyond quarters.

Teacher Tips

Watch Activity 2 closely during independent work — it's the activity most likely to reveal a student who can recite "3/4 means 3 out of 4 parts" but still shades the wrong number of parts when asked to produce it themselves, which is a useful early flag before a quiz.