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Year 3 Fractions: Bake and Share with Pip the Baker

Year 3 Fractions: Bake and Share with Pip the Baker

Learn Year 3 fractions by cutting pies, snapping chocolate into tenths, comparing slices and adding fractions in Pip's bakery.

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What you'll learn

  • Why a fraction needs equal parts, and what a unit fraction is
  • What the numerator and denominator each tell you
  • How to read and make non-unit fractions such as three quarters
  • How to count up and down in tenths on a number line
  • Why one eighth is smaller than one half, using a fraction wall
  • How to add fractions with the same denominator, like 2/5 + 1/5

What's inside

  1. Fair Shares
  2. More Pieces
  3. Tenths Kitchen
  4. Big Slice Contest
  5. Fraction Mixer
  6. Bake-off Challenge (10 questions)

About this adventure

Year 3 Fractions is a free interactive game that teaches children aged 7–9 the fractions taught in the UK Year 3 maths curriculum: unit and non-unit fractions, tenths, comparing fractions and adding fractions with the same denominator.

Players help Pip the baker on Hill Street. They cut pies into equal parts, take cake slices to make three quarters, snap a chocolate bar into tenths and hop along a number line, build a fraction wall and add slices on a plate. Along the way they learn that the denominator (bottom number) says how many equal parts the whole is split into, and the numerator (top number) counts the parts.

The game tackles two common mix-ups: thinking 1/8 is bigger than 1/2, and adding the denominators too. Every line is read aloud, and it ends with a 10-question Bake-off Challenge.

Questions and answers

What is a unit fraction?

A unit fraction is a fraction with 1 as the numerator, such as 1/2, 1/4 or 1/10. It means one of the equal parts a whole has been split into, so 1/4 is one of four equal parts.

Why is 1/8 smaller than 1/2?

One eighth is smaller than one half because the same whole is cut into more pieces, so each piece is smaller. With unit fractions, the bigger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

How do you add fractions with the same denominator?

Add the numerators and keep the denominator the same, so 2/5 + 1/5 = 3/5. The denominator names the size of the pieces, and adding more fifths does not turn them into tenths.

What age is this fractions game for?

The game is made for children aged 7 to 9, mainly those in Year 3, and follows the UK National Curriculum for fractions. Older children can use it to revise, and younger ones can play with an adult.

What does the fractions game include and how long does it take?

It has five short chapters and a final 10-question Bake-off Challenge, with every line read aloud. Playing everything takes about 35 minutes, and children can start from any chapter on the Hill Street menu.

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