Y4 Maths

2023/2024


Autumn 1 – This term year 4 will be expanding their knowledge in place value. Pupils will be gaining new learning by looking at four digit numbers, recognising and understanding what each digit is worth. They will be recapping and developing their understanding of rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. They will also be looking at number lines and where numbers are positioned. Year 4 will be ordering and comparing numbers beyond 1000 in ascending and descending order and developing their numeral knowledge by learning Roman numerals in further detail (I, V, L, C).


Autumn 2 – Pupils will be learning addition and subtraction enhancing their learning from previous years. Pupils will be adding and subtracting numbers up to four digits, using formal written methods of colour addition and subtraction. Pupils will be looking at numbers that add together which shows an exchange. We will also be learning multiplication and division, focusing on the multiply’s within each of our times tables and the division facts relating to each times table. Pupils will be using their division facts to be able to recall their multiplication tables up to 12x.


Spring 1 – This half term in maths we have been developing previous learning we have gained on perimeter by measuring missing lengths on rectangles. We have calculated the perimeter  on polygon shapes. We have also learnt area by counting squares, comparing area and making shapes with a given area stated to us.


Spring 2 – This term in maths year 4 have been enhancing their knowledge and understanding in fractions. We have converted improper fractions to mixed number fractions and have added and subtracted fractions with the same denominator. We have also learnt equivalent fractions, fractions on a number line and comparing and ordering fractions. We have gained and developed new learning in the topic decimals but studying dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10 and 100, hundredths as a fraction and decimals and how these are represented on a place value chart.


Summer 1 – This half term we have been learning all about money. We have learnt how to write money using decimals, converting between pounds (£) and pence (p), estimating with money, and solving problems relating to money.