Kids 8–10, have met fractions before · Watch the chef cut pizzas and olives into equal parts, then run the shop. Serve slice orders, spot fair cuts, split olives into groups and add fractions of pizza.
A pizza cut into equal slices shows that a fraction is some equal pieces out of the whole, that equal pieces make comparing fair, that a fraction of a number means equal groups, and that you match the pieces before adding.
How to play
Watch the chef cut pizzas and olives into equal parts, then run the shop. Serve slice orders, spot fair cuts, split olives into groups and add fractions of pizza.