Number Path
Help Mathumo cross the stones by stepping on the numbers in order.
- Ages 4–6
- Number order to 20
- Reading numerals
Fraction Kitchen
Fraction Kitchen is one of our free fraction games for ages 6 to 8. Cut the food into equal parts and serve the fraction on the order: a half, a third or a quarter.
How to play
Cut the food into equal parts and serve the fraction on the order: a half, a third or a quarter.
- These fraction games have three modes: Halves and quarters, Thirds too or Equal or not?. Pick one.
- In the first two modes, read the order card, like “Serve 3 quarters” (written 3/4).
- Tap slices of the food to shade them. Tap a shaded slice again to take it back.
- Press Serve. A fraction is a number of equal slices out of all the slices, so 3 quarters is 3 of 4 equal slices.
- In Equal or not?, look at the cut and choose Equal parts or Not equal. Eight orders make a round.
Stuck? After two tries, or when you press Show a hint, the game highlights the slices to look at. It never serves for you.
What children learn
- Equal parts: a half, a third or a quarter only works when the parts are the same size.
- Unit fractions: one of 2, 3 or 4 equal parts, and how to name them.
- Counting parts: 3 quarters means three of the four equal parts, written 3/4.
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Pop the bubbles that hold the shape Mathumo asks for.
- Ages 3–6
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Questions about Fraction Kitchen
What are good fraction games for kids?
Good fraction games start with equal parts of food or shapes, before any symbols. In Fraction Kitchen children cut pizzas and pies into halves, thirds and quarters, shade the slices and serve the fraction on the order. It suits ages 6 to 8 and plays online with no sign-up.
What fractions do second graders learn?
In the US, Common Core Grade 2 geometry asks children to split shapes into two, three or four equal shares and call them halves, thirds and fourths (or quarters). Written fractions such as 1/2 and 3/4 mostly begin in Grade 3. In England, Key Stage 1 covers halves, quarters and, in Year 2, thirds and 2/4 or 3/4 of a shape or set of objects.
What does “equal parts” mean?
Equal parts are pieces that are exactly the same size. A pizza cut into two pieces is only cut into halves if the two pieces match. If one piece is bigger, they are just two pieces. Fraction Kitchen’s Equal or not? mode practises spotting this.
How do I explain a fraction to a child?
Use food. Cut a sandwich into 4 equal parts. Each part is one quarter. Take 3 parts and you have 3 quarters, written 3/4: the bottom number says how many equal parts, the top number says how many you have.
What is the difference between a quarter and a fourth?
Nothing: they are two names for the same fraction, 1/4. US classrooms often say “fourths” and everyday speech says “quarter”. In England, “quarter” is the usual word.