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Resources tagged with: NC Yr 4
There are 51 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to NC Yr 4 , you may find related items under NC .
Satisfying Four Statements
Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?
Representing Numbers
Find as many different ways of representing this number of dots as you can.
Ordering Journeys
How would you put these journey lengths in order?
What Distance?
Can you use addition and subtraction to answer these questions about real-life distances?
Count Me In
How do you know whether you will reach these numbers when you count in steps of six from zero?
Dicey Operations in Line
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
Seeing Squares
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Reasoned Rounding
Four strategy dice games to consolidate pupils' understanding of rounding.
Round the Dice Decimals 1
Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
Let Us Divide!
Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?
Discuss and Choose
This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Bryony's Triangle
Watch the video to see how to fold a square of paper to create a flower. What fraction of the piece of paper is the small triangle?
Sorting Logic Blocks
This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.
Light the Lights Again
Each light in this interactivity turns on according to a rule. What happens when you enter different numbers? Can you find the smallest number that lights up all four lights?
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
What Shape?
This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.
Counters in the Middle
This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.
Table Patterns Go Wild!
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
Times Tables Shifts
In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. Can you work out the table and the shift each time?
Reflector ! Rotcelfer
Can you place the blocks so that you see the reflection in the picture?
Nice or Nasty
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
The Remainders Game
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.
Four-digit Targets
You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?
Venn Diagrams
How will you complete these interactive Venn diagrams?
Eight Hidden Squares
On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight hidden squares?
Shape Times Shape
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?
Multiplication Square Jigsaw
Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?
Twice as Big?
Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.
Multiples Grid
What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?
Coordinate Challenge
Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to place them on the grid.
Torn Shapes
These rectangles have been torn. How many squares did each one have inside it before it was ripped?
Take Your Dog for a Walk
Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?
Fractional Wall
Using the picture of the fraction wall, can you find equivalent fractions?
Stringy Quads
This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!
Nine-pin Triangles
How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Carrying Cards
These sixteen children are standing in four lines of four, one behind the other. They are each holding a card with a number on it. Can you work out the missing numbers?
Andy's Marbles
Andy had a big bag of marbles but unfortunately the bottom of it split and all the marbles spilled out. Use the information to find out how many there were in the bag originally.
How Big Are Classes 5, 6 and 7?
Use the two sets of data to find out how many children there are in Classes 5, 6 and 7.
Fractional Triangles
Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.
The Deca Tree
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
Symmetry Challenge
How many symmetric designs can you make on this grid? Can you find them all?
Let Us Reflect
Where can you put the mirror across the square so that you can still "see" the whole square? How many different positions are possible?
I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
A Cartesian Puzzle
Find the missing coordinates which will form these eight quadrilaterals. These coordinates themselves will then form a shape with rotational and line symmetry.
Fractions in a Box
The discs for this game are kept in a flat square box with a square hole for each. Use the information to find out how many discs of each colour there are in the box.
Shapes on the Playground
Sally and Ben were drawing shapes in chalk on the school playground. Can you work out what shapes each of them drew using the clues?
Zios and Zepts
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Can you dissect an equilateral triangle into 6 smaller ones? What number of smaller equilateral triangles is it NOT possible to dissect a larger equilateral triangle into?
Four Triangles Puzzle
Cut four triangles from a square as shown in the picture. How many different shapes can you make by fitting the four triangles back together?
There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?
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Unit 1: Place value
Unit 2: addition, subtraction, and estimation, unit 3: multiply by 1-digit numbers, unit 4: multiply by 2-digit numbers, unit 5: division, unit 6: factors, multiples and patterns, unit 7: equivalent fractions and comparing fractions, unit 8: add and subtract fractions, unit 9: multiply fractions, unit 10: understand decimals, unit 11: plane figures, unit 12: measuring angles, unit 13: area and perimeter, unit 14: units of measurement.
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Year 4 Maths Problem Solving Combination Locks
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