Maths for 4th Class

Build flexible mental strategies and secure written methods for all four operations, and the links between them.

Compare, order and find equivalent fractions and fractions of a quantity; meet tenths and hundredths as the first decimals and link them to fractions and money.

Estimate and measure length, weight and capacity with the right instrument and unit, and rename equivalent metric units.

Find perimeter by adding the sides, area by counting square units and as rows by columns, and volume by counting unit cubes.

Tell and calculate time across analog, digital and 24-hour forms and across units of time; calculate with euro and cent in everyday money contexts.

Investigate and classify 2D and 3D shapes by their properties, name the parts of a circle, and recognise and classify angles as amounts of turn.

Find lines of symmetry and model reflections, rotations, translations and tessellations; give and follow directions and read simple grid references.

Pose questions and collect, display and analyse data with tallies, pictograms and bar charts; describe and test the likelihood of everyday events.

Find and use the rule behind number and shape patterns, and read and solve number sentences with a missing value shown as a box or a letter, closing the year with a cross-strand review.