As children go through Year 4 of primary school, they progress through more complex maths lessons and start working towards upper key stage 2. They’ll develop a deeper understanding of the four mathematical operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. At the end of the academic year, they’ll sit the online multiplication tables check — a short online test.In addition to the four operations, the Year 4 maths curriculum will cover a variety of different mathematical concepts across seven key areas, helping children develop well-rounded mathematical understanding.
*Number and Place Value — Year 4 maths lessons on number and place value will help children develop their fluency with whole numbers. They will learn to count in steps of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000, round numbers to 10, 100 or 1000, count backwards into negative numbers, and recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number.
*Addition and Subtraction — Working with numbers up to four digits, children will learn to add and subtract numbers both using written methods of calculation (column addition and subtraction). Children will also develop their maths reasoning skills by tackling two-step problems with different contexts — they will decide for themselves how best to approach maths problems.
*Multiplication and Division — By the end of the academic year, children should have memorised their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 times table. They will also learn to multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by single-digit numbers. At the end of the academic year, children will be tested on their understanding of multiplication tables.
*Fractions — As children progress through Year 4, they’ll learn to solve problems with more difficult fractions. They will use fractions to divide quantities, create and interpret diagrams showing families of equivalent fractions, and practice adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Fractions lessons will also help children count in hundredths, round decimals up and down, and divide by 10 and 100.
*Geometry — Year 4 geometry has children delve deeper into the properties of shapes. They’ll learn to recognise obtuse and acute angles, lines of symmetry and different types of triangles and quadrilaterals.
*Measurement — Children will build on their understanding of different measurements by learning to convert units of measurement, calculate the area and perimeters of shapes, and develop their understanding of time and amounts of money.
*Statistics — During statistics lessons children will develop their understanding of data presentation by creating and interpreting charts, graphs and diagrams. Using these visual representations of data, children will solve comparison, sum and difference problems.