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Year 4 mathematics lesson plans (national curriculum)

Every Year 4 mathematics statement from the national curriculum programme of study, grouped by strand. Choose "Plan this" and Heapso plans a lesson that covers it.

Number - number and place value

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-001

    count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-002

    find 1,000 more or less than a given number

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-003

    count backwards through 0 to include negative numbers

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-004

    recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (1,000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s)

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-005

    order and compare numbers beyond 1,000

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-006

    identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-007

    round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-008

    solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-009

    read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of 0 and place value

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Number - addition and subtraction

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-010

    add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-011

    estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-012

    solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

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Number - multiplication and division

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-013

    recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-014

    use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together 3 numbers

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-015

    recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-016

    multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-017

    solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two-digit numbers by 1 digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects

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Number - fractions (including decimals)

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-018

    recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-019

    count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by 100 and dividing tenths by 10

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-020

    solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-021

    add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-022

    recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundreds

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-023

    recognise and write decimal equivalents to [Fraction:1/4], [Fraction:1/2], [Fraction:3/4]

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-024

    find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-025

    round decimals with 1 decimal place to the nearest whole number

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-026

    compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to 2 decimal places

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-027

    solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to 2 decimal places

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Measurement

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-028

    convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute]

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-029

    measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-030

    find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-031

    estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-032

    read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-033

    solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days

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Geometry - properties of shapes

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-034

    compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-035

    identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to 2 right angles by size

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-036

    identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-037

    complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific line of symmetry

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Geometry - position and direction

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-038

    describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-039

    describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-040

    plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon

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Statistics

  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-041

    interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs

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  • ENG-NC-MA-Y4-042

    solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs

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Questions teachers ask

What do pupils learn in Year 4 mathematics?
The national curriculum has 42 statutory mathematics statements for Year 4. They are listed on this page by strand, each with a code.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, National curriculum in England (2013, updated 2014–2021). Open Government Licence v3.0.

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