Share in rounds
Give one treat to every child before starting the next round. Compare the plate counts after each round.
Fair Share Bakery
Share whole treats among children, compare equal plates, and discover when a remainder must stay on the tray.
Grades 2–5 · Math
Your goal
Share 6 whole treats fairly among 2 children. Give each child as many as possible and leave any remainder on the tray.
Reduced motion is on. The controls still update the scene.
The plates hold 0, 0 treats. 6 treats remain on the tray. All 6 treats are still here. A fair whole-treat share gives every child the same amount, with fewer leftovers than children.
Child 1 has 0
Child 2 has 0
Treats stay whole in this bakery. Returning a treat puts it back on the same tray, so the total never changes. Crowded piles overlap, and the count under each plate gives its exact total.
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Learn with Fair Share Bakery
Fair Share Bakery turns division into a concrete sharing task for elementary students. Move whole treats from a fixed tray onto individual plates, compare the amounts, and return treats when a share is uneven. The total stays the same throughout the activity. Learn goals use totals that divide evenly, while later goals leave a remainder. Students discover why the largest equal whole share can leave treats on the tray and why that remainder must be smaller than the number of children.
What to look for
Keep the total
Return a treat to the tray if a child has too many. No move creates or removes a treat.
Explain the remainder
Stop when every child has the same maximum whole share and the tray has fewer treats than children.
For teachers and curious learners
Use equal whole-number shares to connect division with a conserved total and a remainder. Ask students to predict what will happen, change one setting, and explain what they observe. Learn gives a starting point. Practice and Challenge offer new goals with the same scene.
Treats are identical, indivisible whole units. Each goal fixes the total and number of children. Crowded cookie piles overlap; the plate counts give exact quantities.