What is expected? Part 6 Year 4

What is expected of children in maths in year 4?

What is expected of children during their primary school years in England?

Year 4 ( aged 8/9)

Now we have come to what is expected of children aged between 8 and 9: as defined by the English Primary Framework for Mathematics (part of the National Curriculum). In year 4 there is a greater emphasis on written methods, with the standard or efficient method expected for both addition and subtraction. Children are expected to know all their tables and there is a lot more work on decimals. Continue reading “What is expected? Part 6 Year 4”

Maths puzzles: Word search 3 times table

maths puzzle three times table

games2Now this is not so much a word search as a number search. The grid consists of numbers, the multiplication sign and the equals sign. The idea is to spot statements which you will find in the 3 times table and complete them. All the answers are either up or down, not diagonally and not from bottom to top or right to left.

Two things to note:

1. a row containing 2 3 x 4 = 1 2 5 x 2 has within it the statement 3 x 4 = 12; ignore the numbers and signs either side.

2. the equals signs on statements going down are the wrong way round – sorry about that!!

Quite tricky!

Maths word search: 3 times table