Market Maths: The Fantasy Bazaar
Master Money, Fractions & Measures
Open for Business! In Market Maths, you run the busiest stall in the Kingdom. Wizards, elves, and knights need specific quantities of goods ("I need 1/2 a meter of gold rope!").
This game is a practical application of fractions of quantities and decimal money. You must calculate the correct cost instantly to keep your customers happy.
⚖️ Weighing up the Cost
- Fractions of Amounts: Calculating 1/4 of £8.00 (Divide by 4).
- Decimals to Fractions: Knowing that 0.5kg is the same as ½kg.
- Money Confidence: formatting answers correctly as currency (e.g. 4.50).
Guild Standards (Year 4)
Money & Measure
Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal
places.
Fractions
Solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities.
👨👩👧 Merchant's Manual
Real-world shopping creates the best practice:
- "These apples are £2 per kg. How much for half a kilo?"
- "If a 4-pack of drinks is £4, how much is one drink? (1/4)"
