Year 4 Fractions: lesson and practice

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

• Name unit and non-unit fractions of shapes and sets, and know that the parts must be equal
• Find a fraction of an amount: divide by the bottom number, then multiply by the top number
• Show families of equivalent fractions with bars, fraction walls and number lines, and fill in missing numbers
• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, including answers that make a whole
• Compare and order fractions using the top numbers, a fraction wall, or equivalent fractions
• Write improper fractions and mixed numbers from pictures and number lines, and change between them
• Count up and down in tenths and hundredths, and link tenths to hundredths

You should already know

• Halves, quarters and three quarters from earlier years
• Times tables and division facts up to 12 × 12 (Chapter 3)
• Dividing by one-digit numbers (Chapter 4)
• Number lines and counting on and back (Chapter 1)

Where this leads

• Decimals and money: tenths and hundredths as decimals (Chapter 6)
• Fractions of measures: lengths, masses and capacities (Chapter 7)
• Adding fractions with different denominators (Years 5 and 6)
• Simplifying fractions and fractions of amounts in Year 5