1. Maths Learning Support Sheet
Year 4: Autumn
Maths Learning Support Sheet
Autumn Targets:
Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones)
Spotting patterns when counting in 50s, 25s ,1000s
Placing and estimating numbers on a number line in intervals of 50, 25 , 1000
Understand how to add and subtract using formal method up to 4 digits, applying skills to word problems
Formal multiplication up to 3 digits by 1 digit
Short division up to 3 digits divided by 1 digit
Key Vocabulary:
Addend:
A number which is added to another
Sum/Total:
The whole/complete amount achieved by adding numbers together.
Minuend:
A quantity from which another is to be subtracted.
Subtrahend:
A quantity to be subtracted from another.
Difference:
The result of subtracting one number from another.
Regrouping:
This term refers to when digits add together to make a number greater than 9 in column addition, i.e = 13 so 10 of the ones regroup to make 1 ten and 3 ones.
Exchanging:
This term refers to when, in column subtraction, the subtrahend is greater than the minuend and cannot be subtracted without involving negative numbers i.e. 6 – 7,
so a greater value is exchanged into a lower value (previously called ‘borrowing’)
Worked Example:
= 33
addend
sum/total
= 29
minuend
difference
subtrahend 16
+17 33 1 46
-17 29 1 3

2. Key new Learning: addition and subtraction with 4 digits
This builds on year 3 learning, however the children are now applying their knowledge to 4 digit numbers.
Addition and subtraction:
Use the place value columns to add or subtract digits.
Addition example:
3565
+3273
6838 1
First we add 5 ones and 3 ones which is 8 ones. 6 tens add 7 tens is 13 tens so we write 3 in the tens column and regroup the one into the hundreds column (underneath).Then we add 5 hundreds, 2 hundreds and the extra 1 hundred, which makes 800. Finally we add 3 thousand and 3 thousand which make 6 thousand.
Subtraction example:
671
- 453
218
We can’t take 3 ones from 1 one so we must exchange the 7 tens to become 6 tens and 10 ones. Now we can subtract 3 ones from 11 ones,5 tens from 6 ones and 4 hundreds from 6 hundreds. 6

3. Multiplication and division:
Short multiplication examples:
342
X 4
1368 1
Short division example:
1 3 3
Step 1: From 500 we can make 1 group of 4 hundred with 1 (hundred) remaining.
Step 2: 13 tens divided into groups of 4 is 3 tens in each group with 1 ten left over.
Step 3: 12 ones divided by 4 is 3.
There is no remainder.
Remainder: If there are any numbers left over, we leave these as reminders in year 4.
The left-hand example shows the final formal method that all children are working towards using.
The right – hand example shows the expanded method which they use to work up to the formal method. 4 is multiplied by 2 and then by 40 and then by 300. All three products are added together.
342
X 4 8
160
+1200
1368 1 1