Year 4 maths games

What children learn in Year 4 maths

Year 4 completes lower Key Stage 2, usually for children aged 8 to 9. By the end of Year 4, the National Curriculum expects pupils to have memorised their multiplication tables up to 12 × 12. In June, pupils in England take the statutory multiplication tables check.

Pupils work with four-digit numbers, round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000, count back through zero into negative numbers and read Roman numerals to 100. They use formal written methods for addition, subtraction and short multiplication.

Decimals are introduced: tenths and hundredths, decimal equivalents of ¼, ½ and ¾, and dividing by 10 and 100. Measurement includes converting units, perimeter and area by counting squares, and geometry includes acute and obtuse angles, symmetry and coordinates in the first quadrant.

Key goals for Year 4 include:

• Recall all multiplication and division facts up to 12 × 12
• Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000
• Understand tenths and hundredths as decimals
• Use formal written methods for adding, subtracting and short multiplication

Coming soon

These Year 4 topics from the programme of study are on our list.

• 1,000 more or less – Number – number and place value (US 4.NBT.A.1)
• Counting back through zero – Number – number and place value (US 6.NS.C.5)
• Column methods with 4 digits – Number – addition and subtraction (US 4.NBT.B.4)
• Short multiplication – Number – multiplication and division (US 4.NBT.B.5)
• Equivalent fractions – Number – fractions (including decimals) (US 4.NF.A.1)
• Area by counting squares – Measurement (US 3.MD.C.6)
• Acute and obtuse angles – Geometry – properties of shapes (US 4.G.A.1)
• Coordinates – Geometry – position and direction (US 5.G.A.1)

US equivalent: Year 4 pupils are about the age of Grade 3. Each topic shows the closest Common Core standard.