Year 4 Maths Overview
AUTUMN TERM OVERVIEW
Wk 1
Number, place value and money
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Wk2
Mental addition or subtraction
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Wk3
Add/subtract using PV and number facts
Add/subtract 3-digit numbers using PV and number facts
Add/subtract money using place value and number facts.
Add near multiples of 10 or 100 to 3-digit numbers
Subtract near multiples of 10 or 100 from 3-digit numbers
Written addition and subtraction
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Wk9
Add and subtract using place value
Add/subtract 1 or 1000 to/from 4-digit numbers
Add/subtract 10 to/from 4-digit numbers
Add/subtract 100 to/from 4-digit numbers
Mental addition and subtraction
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Wk 8
Double and halve 2-digit numbers, including odd numbers
Double and halve three-digit numbers
Revise 4 and 8 times tables, and divisions
Double the 3 times table to get 6 times tables
Division facts for 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 times tables
Number place value and money
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Wk 7
Use compass to draw circles to given radii.
Draw different polygons; identify their properties
Study different triangles and identify their properties.
Study different 3-D shapes and identify their properties.
Identify and sort 3-D shapes acc. to their properties
Mental multiplication and division
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Wk 6
Adding two 3-digit numbers using compact written addition
Adding three 3-digit numbers using compact written addition
Using counting up (Frog) to subtract, e.g. 402 – 356
Use Counting up (Frog) to subtract (e.g. 421 – 356) and check with addition
Using counting up (Frog) to subtract; check with addition
Geometry
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Wk 5
Add pairs of two-digit numbers
Add two–digit numbers to three-digit numbers
Find a difference by counting up
Count up and use number bonds to subtract two-digit numbers from 100
Choose counting up or back to subtract two-digit numbers from numbers >100
Written addition and Frog subtraction
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Wk 4
Understand place value in 4-digit numbers
Write place value subtractions
Comparing pairs of four-digit numbers, using < and >
Placing and ordering 3-digit numbers
Placing and ordering 4-digit numbers
3-digit expanded decomposition with one exchange
Expanded decomposition, 3-digit – 3-digit
Subtracting using decomposition or Frog
MEASURES/DATA Time, bar charts, pictograms
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Revise telling time, am and pm, to the nearest minute on both analogue and digital
clocks; convert between the two
Find times later, crossing the hour, both analogue and digital clock.
Calculate time intervals, crossing the hour, using both analogue and digital clocks
Time events in seconds, record in a bar chart, one step is 5 or 10 seconds
Collect and represent data in pictograms – one picture represents four units
Year 4 Maths Overview
Wk 10
Mental multiplication and division
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Grid multiplication
Division using chunking
SPRING TERM OVERVIEW
Wk 1
Number, place value and money
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Wk 2
Written addition and subtraction
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Wk 3
Add amounts of money using expanded and compact addition.
Count up to solve 3-digit subtractions.
Count up to find change from £5 and £10.
Count up to find a price difference
Measures/Datas Length, weight, bar charts
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Wk 5
Add amounts of money using expanded and compact addition.
Add amounts of money using expanded and compact addition.
Count up to solve 3-digit subtractions.
Count up to find change from £5 and £10.
Count up to find a price difference.
Written addition and subtraction
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Wk 4
Divide 2-digit numbers by 10 to create 1-place decimal numbers.
Multiply 1-place decimals to give whole numbers.
Relate fractions to decimals (0.1  1/10).
Relate one place decimals to cm and mm.
Compare one place decimal numbers.
Measure in m and cm; convert from cm to m and m & cm to m.
Measure in cm/mm; convert from mm to cm.
Weigh in Kg/g; convert from kg to g and vice versa.
Estimate weights and order items by weight; display information on a bar chart.
Measure weights or lengths using SI units; display results on a bar chart.
Fractions
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Identify equivalent fractions, especially in relation to halves and quarters.
Simplify fractions by reducing to their simplest form.
Identify equivalent fractions and mark on a number line.
Mark equivalent fractions/decimals on a number line.
Add fractions with the same denominator
Wk 6
. Number, place value and money
 Multiply and divide by 10 and 100 using 1-place decimals.
 Multiply multiples of 10 and 100 by single-digit numbers.
 Add and subtract 0.1 and 1 to/from numbers with one decimal place.
 Use negative numbers in context of temperature.
 Place negative numbers on a line; Order positive and negative numbers.
wk 7
Written addition and mental subtraction
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Wk 8
Add/subtract single-digit numbers to and from 3 and 4-digit numbers.
Subtract single-digit numbers from 3 and 4-digit numbers.
Add multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.
Subtract multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.
Add and subtract multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.
Written addition and subtraction
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Add three 3-digit numbers using compact addition.
Use compact addition to add amounts of money.
Use expanded decomposition to subtract three-digit numbers.
Introduce compact decomposition to subtract three-digit numbers.
Use compact decomposition to subtract three-digit numbers
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Wk 9
MEASURES/SHAPE Time, position and direction
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Wk 10
Tell time on digital and analogue clocks using 24 hour clock.
Convert 24 hour clock to am and pm times.
Use timetables and calculate intervals.
Use x, y co-ordinates on a graph (first quadrant).
Use x, y co-ordinates to draw shapes in first quadrant.
Mental multiplication and division
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Know multiplication and division facts for the 9 times table.
Begin to know multiplication and division facts for the 7 times table.
Revise all times tables up to 12 × 12.
Find factors of numbers up to 40.
Use tables facts and place value to multiply multiples of 10 and 100 by single-digit
numbers.
SUMMER TERM OVERVIEW
Wk1
Number and place value
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Wk2
Mental and written subtraction
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Wk3
Find area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares.
Calculate perimeter in centimetre and metre of rectangles.
Investigate area and perimeter.
Revise co-ordinates, complete polygons
Fractions and decimals
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Wk6
Expanded and compact decomposition, including 3 moves.
Add any pair of 4-digit numbers using compact addition.
Add and subtract near multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.
Choose mental or written methods for addition and subtraction.
Solve addition and subtraction word problems.
Shape and Measures
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Wk5
Revise compact decomposition of 3-digit numbers.
Expanded decomposition of 4-digit numbers (one move).
Use expanded then compact decomposition to subtract pairs of 4-digit numbers (2
moves).
Use compact decomposition to subtract 3 and 4-digit numbers from 4-digit numbers.
Use counting up (Frog) to subtract pairs of numbers which are close to multiples of
1000, or when the larger number has zeroes.
Addition and subtraction
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Wk4
Place value addition and subtraction (4-digit numbers).
Place 4-digit numbers on land marked lines (sections with 10s, then just 100s marked)
and round to the nearest 10 and 100.
Place four-digit numbers on land marked lines (marked in 1000s) and round to the
nearest 1000.
Count on and back in steps of 25 and 1000.
History of zero and place value, Roman numerals to 100.
Revise numbers with one decimal place: mark on ENLs and round to the nearest
whole.
Introduce numbers with 2 decimal places on place value grids, multiply and divide
single-digit numbers by 10 and 100 to give tenths, then hundredths.
× and ÷ 2-digit, then 3-digit numbers by 10 and 100 to give tenths & hundredths.
Find equivalent 1/100s and 0.01s, 1/10s and 0.1s.
Place value addition and subtraction, e.g. 4.06 + 0.5, 4.56 – 0.06.
Fractions and decimals
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Compare and order numbers with 2 decimal places.
Place numbers with 2 decimal places on landmarked lines (marked in 0.1s).
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Wk7
Multiplication or division and measures
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WK8
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Revise 24-hr clock, convert to am and pm times and vice versa (including clocks with
Roman numerals).
Find time intervals using 24-hour clock.
Read, interpret and describe a time graph.
Draw a time graph.
Convert between units of time.
Fractions and division
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Wk11
Complete symmetrical shapes and patterns with respect to a line of symmetry.
Recognise acute and obtuse angles, compare angles.
Recognise different types of triangle; recognise acute, obtuse and right angles.
Recognise acute, obtuse and right angles and find what numbers of each sort of angles
are possible in quadrilaterals.
Sort quadrilaterals according to different properties.
Measures and Data
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Wk10
Revise factors; use to aid mental multiplication.
Multiply 3 numbers together, use commutativity to make easier, e.g. 2 × 6 × 5 = 10 × 6.
Use knowledge of times tables and place value to divide multiples of 10, e.g. 350 ÷ 7.
Solve scaling problems; convert from centimetres to metres.
Solve correspondence problems.
Geometry
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Wk9
Add/subtract 0.1/0.01 to/from numbers with 2 decimal places; count on and back in
tenths and hundredths.
Add/subtract multiples of 0.1/0.01.
Solve simple measure problems
Identify equivalent fractions, including decimals.
Revise finding non-unit fractions of amounts.
Solve fraction word problems.
Divide two-digit numbers by single-digit numbers, answers less than 30 (without
remainders).
Divide two-digit numbers by single-digit numbers, answers less than 30 (with
remainders).
Multiplication/division and addition/subtraction
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Use the ladder method to multiply 3-digit numbers by single-digit numbers.
Use the ladder method to multiply 3-digit numbers by single-digit numbers, estimating
answers first.
Multiplication and division word problems.
Mix of all four operations – all straight calculations mix of mental and written.
Solve word problems, all operations.