Halving

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

These images show squares split in half:

squares shaded in half in different ways

squares with geometric pattern with them shaded in half in different ways

How might you check that each was correct?
Can you think of more ways to split a square into two halves?
You might like to use squared paper to draw your ideas on or to print out the uncoloured squares above.

Published July 2003,September 2009.