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Year 4 Autumn

10 minutes to 10
and Assess
Pearson Primary Progress
10 minutes past 4 Maths Progression Map
(1 of 2) Child’s Name

Skill area
Geometry Statistics
Fractions, Decimals, Measures (STA)
Multiplication and (GEO)
Addition and Ratio and Percentages (MEA)
Number and Division (MD) (FDRP)
Subtraction (AS) time
Use mathematical
Place Value (NPV) Read, write and convert reasoning to answer a

Quarter past 2 9 o’clock

Find unit fractions of digital
Use the distributive law to between analogue and question by collecting,
Know bonds to the amounts.
Recognise the place multiply 2-digit numbers 12-hour clocks. displaying and
by a 1-digit number using
next 100.
value of each digit in a Example:
Example: interpreting data in a
4-digit number (1000s, Example: formal written layout or 1/4 of 24
6:05 = five minutes past
six frequency table and
100s, 10s, and 1s); order 54 + 46 mental methods. 1/8 of 32
Week 4
bar chart, choosing an
and compare numbers 653 + 47
Example: Week 3
Autumn 1 PSR
appropriate scale.
with up to 4 digits. Week 1 4 × 65 Autumn 1 PSR Week 8
Week 2 Autumn 1 PSR 94 × 7 Autumn 2 PSR
Autumn 1 PSR Week 3

5 minutes to 9 25 minutes past 2

Autumn 1 Arithmetic
Solve problems involving
Begin to recognise and
Use table facts and converting from hours to
Use place value and number show families of common
Begin to place 4-digit commutativity to perform minutes; minutes to seconds;
facts to add numbers with equivalent fractions.
years to months; weeks
to days.
numbers on number lines multiplications involving
up to4 digits, including Week 6
and round these to the of multiples of 10.
fluency in adding any pair Autumn 2 PSR
Example:
nearest 10, 100 or 1000. Example: 1 minute 23 seconds = 83
2-digit numbers.
Example: 40 × 6 seconds

Outcome
minutes
4782 rounds to 4780,
Example:
300 × 8 231 minutes = 3 hours 51
147 + 36
4800, 5000 Week 3 Week 4

10 minutes to 5
4286 + 199

20 minutes to 3
Week 2; 9 Autumn 2 Arithmetic Autumn 1 PSR
Week 1; 2; 5; 7
Autumn 2 PSR Read scales to the nearest
100 g
Autumn 1 PSR
Count in fractions, one
Recall multiplication in and draw a bar chart where
Use counting up to subtract expressing each fraction
and division facts for step represents 100.
numbers with up to 3 digits its simplest form.
multiplication tables, for Week 4
crossing one multiple of 100. Week 6
2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 8, 6 and 9
Example: times tables.
134 − 88
Week 3; 9 (S); 10 (S)
809 – 742
Autumn 1 Arithmetic

20 minutes to 4
Week 1; 2; 9 Autumn 1 PSR

Quarter past 7
Autumn 1 PSR Solve simple measures problems
Recognise and write and convert between different
Use the distributive law to decimal and fraction
Choose a method to cm, m;
multiply 2-digit and 3-digit equivalents of tenths and
units of measure – mm,
subtract that is appropriate
numbers by a 1-digit ml, l; g, kg.
to the numbers in the a 1/2.
number using formal Example:
calculation. Week 7
written layout (grid). 0·7 L =  ml
Example: Autumn 2 PSR Write 1250 g in kilograms.
Example:
456 − 199
134 − 88
3 × 34 Week 4; 8
7 × 145 Autumn 1 & 2 PSR

Half past 8
134 – 6
Week 3; 10

5 o’clock
Week 2; 7; 9
Autumn 2 Arithmetic
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Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths
and ensuring progression for every
Part of the Abacus toolkit, the textbooks provide: child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully
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• the perfect balance of practice and problem solving for each
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• a self-assessment opportunity on every page

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