AC9M4N03 Year 4 Mathematics

AC9M4N03 – Year 4 Mathematics: null

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This Content Descriptor from Year 4 Mathematics provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation

Elaborations

• extending fraction families within collections of materials; for example, by seeing \(\frac34\) as \(3\) in each \(4\), showing this within related fractions like \(\frac68\) or seeing that \(\frac25\) means \(2\) in each \(5\) so it can be shown within \(\frac4{10}\)
• creating models of equivalent fractions by subdividing capacity measures into smaller fractions; for example, half a cup of flour could be shown as two-quarters or four-eighths of a cup of flour
• folding paper to show equivalence between different fractions; for example, folding A4 paper in half and half again, repeating to form eighths and demonstrating that \(\frac48\) = \(\frac24\) = \(\frac12\); folding paper strips into fifths and tenths, and recording as both fractions and decimals
• identifying and using the connection between fractions of metres and decimals; for example, finding \(\frac14\) of a metre and connecting this to \(0.25\) metres or \(25\) centimetres, or finding \(\frac1{10}\) of a metre and connecting this with \(0.10\) metres or \(10\) centimetres
• using array diagrams to show the relationship between fractions and division and multiplication of natural numbers; for example, \(3 \times 4 = 12\), \(12 ÷ 4 = 3\), \(\frac14\) of \(12\) is \(3\), \(\frac13\) of \(12\) is \(4\)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 4 ASMATY4

Year 4 Mathematics Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use their understanding of place value to represent tenths and hundredths in decimal form and to multiply natural numbers by multiples of 10. They use mathematical modelling to solve financial and other practical problems , formulating the problem using number sentences, solving the problem choosing efficient strategies and interpreting the results in terms of the situation. Students use their proficiency with addition and multiplication facts to add and subtract, multiply and divide numbers efficiently. They choose rounding and estimation strategies to determine whether results of calculations are reasonable. Students use the properties of odd and even numbers. They recognise equivalent fractions and make connections between fraction and decimal notations. Students count and represent fractions on a number line. They find unknown values in numerical equations involving addition and subtraction. Students follow and create algorithms that generate sets of numbers and identify emerging patterns. They use scaled instruments and appropriate units to measure length, mass, capacity and temperature. Students measure and approximate perimeters and areas. They convert between units of time when solving problems involving duration. Students compare angles relative to a right angle using angle names. They represent and approximate shapes and objects in the environment. Students create and interpret grid references. They identify line and rotational symmetry in plane shapes and create symmetrical patterns. Students create many-to-one data displays, assess the suitability of displays for representing data and discuss the shape of distributions and variation in data. They use surveys and digital tools to generate categorical or discrete numerical data in statistical investigations and communicate their findings in context. Students order events or the outcomes of chance experiments in terms of likelihood and identify whether events are independent or dependent. They conduct repeated chance experiments and describe the variation in results.