Pizza Party
Slice & Serve Fractions in the Tastiest Way Possible!
Order up! Pizza Party is the most delicious way to learn fractions. Designed for Year 2 students, this game allows children to physically slice pizzas into halves, thirds, and quarters, providing a vital "concrete" experience of what fractions actually are.
Forget abstract numbers for a moment—fractions are just equal parts of a whole pizza. If you slice it unevenly, it's not a fraction (and the customer won't be happy)!
🍕 How to Play
- Read the Order: The ticket might say "I'd like 1/2 Cheese" or "Give me 3/4 Pepperoni".
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Slice the Dough: Use the cutter to divide the pizza.
- Cut once down the middle for Halves (/2).
- Cut into a 'Y' shape for Thirds (/3).
- Cut a cross (+) for Quarters (/4).
- Add Toppings: Drag the correct topping onto the specific number of slices requested. If the order is "3/4", you need to cover 3 of the 4 slices.
- Serve!: Slide the pizza to the customer and wait for their review!
📚 Curriculum Focus (KS1)
Pizza Party targets the Fractions objectives in the Year 2 National Curriculum:
- Recognise Fractions Recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity.
- Equivalence Write simple fractions for example, 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2.
- Equal Parts Understand that fractions must be equal parts of a whole.
🧠 The Pizza Model
The "Area Model" (like a pizza or cake) is one of the primary ways children visualize fractions.
By letting children make the cuts themselves, Pizza Party reinforces that the Denominator (bottom number) represents how many slices we cut the whole into, and the Numerator (top number) creates the count of those slices.
👨👩👧 Tips for Parents
Kitchen Maths!
- "We have one pizza. If we share it between 4 people, what fraction do we each get?" (1/4)
- "If I eat 2 of the 4 slices, have I eaten half the pizza?" (Yes, 2/4 = 1/2!)
- "Can you cut your toast into triangles (quarters)?"
Designed for UK Year 2. Compatible with White Rose Maths "Fractions".
