Year 4 Practice Book 4C  Unit 11 – Decimals (2)

Unit 11 – Decimals (2) 6. a) 0·05 e)

b) 0·09 f)
0·61
0·08
c) 0·8 g) 0·1
1 Make a whole d) 0·61 h) 1·92

➜ pages 6–8 7. Mo 4·27

Emma 4·24
1. a) 0·8 c) 0·52 Danny 8·24
b) 0·1 d) 0·07 + 0·93
2. a) 0·3 b) 0·5 Reflect
3. a) 0·74 c) 0·22 Various responses are possible depending on the
b) 0·65 d) 0·03 decimals children have chosen.
4. a) 0·4 e) 0·67
b) 0·16 f) 0·11
c) 0·68 g) 0·3 3 Flexibly partition decimals
d) 0·91 h) 0·66
➜ pages 12–14
5. a) 0·61 b) 0·87
6. a) 0·23 + 0·77 1. a) 0·02 c) 0·22
b) 0·75 + 0·25 b) 0·12 d) 0·32
c) Various answers are possible, for example:
0·12 + 0·88. 2. a) 0·09 c) 0·09
d)– f) Various answers are possible, for example: b) 0·19 d) 0·29
0·35 + 0·65. 3. a) 2·35 = 2 + 0·3 + 0·05
7. b) 2·35 = 2 + 0·2 + 0·15
0.1 4. a) 0·74 = 0·7 + 0·04 b) 3·96 = 3 + 0·9 + 0·06
0·74 = 0·6 + 0·14 3·96 = 1 + 2·9 + 0·06
0.5 0.3 0.2 0·74 = 0·5 + 0·24 3·96 = 3 + 0·4 + 0·56
0·74 = 0·3 + 0·44 3·96 = 2 + 1·9 + 0·06
0.6 0·74 = 0·2 + 0·54 3·96 = 3 + 0·8 + 0·16

Reflect
Reflect
Answers will depend on children’s number choices and
The correct answer is 0·12. Max has one too many tenths. how they choose to partition the number.
The tenths add to 9 in this case.
4 Compare decimals
2 Partition decimals
➜ pages 15–17
➜ pages 9–11
1. a) <
1. a) 6·8 b) <
b) 7·39 2. Children should circle:
c) 10·5 a) 0·36 d) 6·81
2. a) 0·07 c) 0·5, 0·08 b) 1·7 e) 13·8
b) 0·01 d) 0·39 c) 1·35

3. 0·4 3. Children should circle:

a) 0·78 c) 30·1
4. a) 0·03 c) 3·67 b) 5·58 d) 11·5
b) 0·1, 0·08 d) 4, 0·08
4. 3·21 is greater than 3·07 as it has 2 tenths and 3·07
5. has no tenths.
7 ones + 2 tenths +
a) 7·21 It is the value of the counters, not how many counters
1 hundredth
2 tens + 9 ones + 3 tenths there are.
b) 29·34
+ 4 hundredths
1 ten + 7 ones +
c) 17·01
1 hundredth

d) 5 tenths + 3 hundredths 0·53

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5. a) 0·8 > 0·3 e) 9·45 > 9·05 6 Round to the nearest whole
b) 0·35 < 0·45 f) 3·18 > 3·12
c) 4·56 < 4·72 g) 26·39 < 27·49 ➜ pages 21–23
d) 12·9 < 18·7 h) 120·26 = 120·26
i) 3 tenths + 5 hundredths < 5 tenths and 1. a) 2·7 is between 2 and 3.
4 hundredths 2·7 rounded to the nearest whole number is 3.
6. Three from: 1·66, 1·67, 1·68, 1·69, 1·7 and 1·71 b) 10·3 is between 10 and 11.
7. Ambika has made the smaller number as it only has 10·3 rounded to the nearest whole number is 10.
2 tenths. c) 28·5 is between 28 and 29.
Reena’s number has 3 tenths. 28·5 rounded to the nearest whole number is 29.

8. a) Children should insert any of the following 2. Previous Next

numbers for each statement: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. 1 1·8 2
b) Various answers are possible, for example: 2 2·5 3
2·03 or 2·13 or 2·23 < 2·31 (2·32, 2·33, 2·34, 2·35, 5 5·4 6
2·36, 2·37, 2·38 or 2·39) ; 2·33 < 2·34 (2·35, 2·36, 12 12·9 13
2·37, 2·38 or 2·39) 65 65·3 66
3. a) 5 e) 51
Reflect b) 13 f) 151
c) 65 g)
400
Children should mention comparing the largest place d) 0 h) 90
value digits first, then the next largest and so on. They 4. Luis’ number cannot be 55·5 as it rounds up to 56.
may give examples and say, for example: Compare the
5. a) 4·9 rounded to the nearest whole number is 5.
whole number part first, then the tenths, then
b) 8·5
the hundredths.
c) 12·1, 12·2, 12·3 or 12·4
d) 22·5, 22·6, 22·7, 22·8, 22·9, 23·1, 23·2 or 23·4
5 Order decimals 6. 80·3, 80·4

➜ pages 18–20 Reflect

1. 6·7, 7·2, 7·9 Children should explain the rules of rounding. 4 and
2. 0·09, 0·25, 0·43 below rounds down, 5 and above rounds up. So 43·6
rounds up to 47 because 6 > 5.
3. a) Children should circle the following grid:
T O Tth Hth
1 0 9 7 7 Halves and quarters as
b) 10·97, 10·79, 10·09, 10·07
decimals
4. a) 7·42, 27·24, 27·48, 72·45 ➜ pages 24–26
b) 5·94, 5·49, 4·59, 4·53
1
5. Aki is incorrect. The numbers are ordered from 1. a) 4
greatest to smallest. b) 12
6. a) 27·79, 28·02, 28·24, 28·42, 29·53 2. a) Children should shade the following:
b) Amelia
c) Ebo
7. Various answers are possible, for example:
4·05, 4·19, 5·01, 5·15
4·09, 4·59, 6·01, 7·34

Reflect
Children should mention comparing tenths, so that
they know 0·71 is the largest number, then comparing
the hundredths in 0·62 and 0·65.
2 hundredths < 5 hundredths, so 0·62 < 0·65.

3
b) 4 = 0·75

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1
3. a) 4 = 0·25 c)
4
= 0·75
3
End of unit check
2 1
b) = 0·5 d)
4 = 0·5
2 ➜ pages 27–28
4. a) Children should shade the following:

My journal
Same: They each contain the same digits, 0, 2 and 7. They
b) Children should shade the following: each have 2 tenths.
Different: The digit 7 is 7 ones in two of the numbers and
7 hundredths in the third number.

Power puzzle
c) Children should shade the following: 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

1
5. Bella is correct, 2 is equivalent to 0·5.
1
6.
Decimal Fraction 0·9
3
0·75 4
0·8

1 0·7
1·25 1 4

1
0·6

9
0·
1
1·5 1 0·5

8
2

0·
7
0·
2·25 2
1 0·4

6
4

0·3 0·
5
0·
1
3·5 3 2
4

0·2
0·
3

3
0·

4·75 4 4 0·1
2
0·

0
1
0·
0

Reflect
Answers can vary but drawings should be similar to this
example, indicating 75 squares out of 100 in the grid.

Explanations should be similar to this one: The shading

shows 75 hundredths, which is 0·75, and the hatching
3
shows 3 of the 4 quarters, which is 4 .

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 Year 4 Practice Book 4C  Unit 12 – Money

Unit 12 – Money 5. a) 258p = £2·58

b) 370p = £3·70
f) £8·95 = 895p
g) 209p = £2·09
c) 408p = £4·08 h) 290p = £2·90
1 Write money using decimals d) 1,257p = £12·57 i) £11·15 = 1,115p
e) £1·18 = 118p j) £9 = 900p
➜ pages 29–31
6. A £3 B £30 C £3·10 D £29
1. a) £0·27 b) £0·98
2. a) 40p = £0·40 Reflect
b) 90p = £0·90
Children should say £3·18, 318p and 3 pounds
3. a) £0·72 and 18 pence.
b) £2·40
c) £2·04
4. Children should circle one of these options: 3 Compare amounts of money
a) 20p + 5p + 2p
20p + 5p + 1p + 1p ➜ pages 35–37
10p + 10p + 5p + 2p
10p + 10p + 5p + 1p + 1p 1. a) Children should circle the yoyo at 49p.
b) £1 + 20p + 10p All of the other items are more than £1.
£1 + 10p + 10p + 10p b) Children should circle the rugby ball at 498p.
£1 + 20p + 5p + 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p 498p = £4·98
£1 + 10p + 10p + 5p + 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p 2. Children should circle all items except the doll.
c) £1 + 2p + 1p
£1 + 1p + 1p + 1p 3. a) 72p > 50p £2 < £8
72p < 500p £2 = 200p
5. Aki is not correct. He has forgotten the zero 72p > 5p £2 < £2·05
place holder. 72p < £5 £2 > 195p
Money is written with two decimal places for b) Seven pounds eighty pence > £7·09
the pence. £5.99 < six pounds
He has £4·30.
4. a) £0·25, £2·05, 255 pence, £5·25
6. 30p 3p 73p 90p 90p b) £0·84, 408 pence, £8·04, £8·40
5. a) Eight pounds ninety pence, £0·99, 98 pence, £0·89
Reflect b) 11 pounds, £1·11, 110 pence, 1 pound 1 pence, £0·01
Both amounts use the same digits and both have 6. a) 5 or 6 c)
8 or 9
one pound. b) 8 or 9 d) 5, 6, 8 or 9
£1·30 is 1 pound and three 10p; one pound and 7. Isla: £3·50 Amelia: £5·30
thirty pence. Richard: 385p Max: 5 pounds and 3 pence
£1·03 is 1 pound and three 1p; one pound and
three pence. Reflect
Isla is not correct.
100p = £1, so £3 = 300p > 257p
2 Convert between pounds
and pence
4 Estimate with money
➜ pages 32–34
➜ pages 38–40
1. a) 15p 31p
b) c) 80p
1.
£0·15 £0·31 £0·80 £1·99 £0·95 £2·01 £2·98 £1·90

2. a) 159p c)
276p
£1·59 £2·76 £1 £2 £3 £4
b) 109p 708p
d)
£1·09 £7·08
3. a) £5 + £2 + £1 + 50p + 20p + 2p
b) £10 + £2 + 10p + 5p + 1p
4. a) £1·97  b) £4·06  c) £2·40

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2. £1·88 £2 £1·49 £1 or £1·50 5. £2·67 + £5·75 = £8·42

£2·95 £3 £9·75 £10 6. Amelia is not correct.
3. a) £2 + £1 + £4 = £7 Buy 4 at 60p = £2·40, then the 5th bun is free:
b) It is an over estimate as all of the prices are 5 buns = £2·40.
rounded up. £2·40 < £2·50
4. £5 + £5·50 + £6 + £4 + £5·50 = £26
Or, £5 + £5 + £6 + £4 + £6 = £26 Reflect
5. I estimate Sofia needs to save £6,000.
The answer should be a price less than £2·20 because
6. All of the prices round down to the nearest pound. 4 × 55p = £2·20.
If the pence add to more than £1, she will not have
enough money. It should not, however, be unrealistically cheap.
£1·60 to £2 would be a reasonable suggestion.
Reflect
Many answers are possible:
End of unit check
For £10, any price from £9·50 to £10·49. ➜ pages 47–48
For £4·50, any price from £4·25 to £4·74.

My journal
5 Calculate with money Children should suggest changing £1·34 into pence
(134p) then adding that to 72p (206p). This can then be
➜ pages 41–43 changed back into pounds and pence (£2·06).

1. a) £4·55 Power puzzle

b) Olivia has £5 and 37p.
c) Max and Olivia have £9·92 in total. 1. A toaster costs £24.
A kettle costs £48.
2. £4·04
2. The radio costs £85.
3. a) £32·56
b) £5·67 3. A pair of speakers costs £51.
A pair of headphones costs £17.
4. Reena gets £2·15 change. A camera costs £87.
5. £3·65
6. Lexi spends £20·75, so gets £4·25 change.
£2 + £2 + 20p + 5p is the minimum number of coins.

Reflect
Children should show that the total is £4·93, giving Mo
7p change.

6 Solve problems with money

➜ pages 44–46

1. Andy gets £0·80 change.

2. a) If they cost £1 or more, the change would be
£2 or less.
b) A pack of stickers costs £0·81.
3. It is cheaper to buy 6 throws for £1·20 because
6 throws for £1·20 = 20p a throw, 20p < 25p.
Children may also work out that 6 × 25p = £1·50.
4. The less expensive taxi company for Sofia is
Power Cabs.
Power Cabs: £3 + (8 × 40p) = £3 + £3·20 = £6·20
A1 Cars: 9 × 70p = 630p = £6·30

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 Year 4 Practice Book 4C  Unit 13 – Time

Unit 13 – Time Reflect

1 Years, months, weeks and Children’s explanations may vary; for example:
days I can find the answer by dividing 20 by 12 and writing
the remainder as months.
➜ pages 49–51 20 ÷ 12 = 1 r 8, so 20 months is 1 year and 8 months.

1. a)
2 Hours, minutes and seconds
21 days
➜ pages 52–54
7 days 7 days 7 days
1. a) 1 minute 45 seconds

21 ÷ 7 = 3 weeks
The orange juice should be used within 3 weeks. 1 minute 45 seconds
b)
3 weeks and 5 days 60 seconds 45 seconds

1 week 1 week 1 week 5 days

60 seconds + 45 seconds = 105 seconds
7 days 7 days 7 days 5 days b) 3 hours 12 minutes

3 x 7 days + 5 days = 26 days 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 12 mins

The parcel should be delivered in 26 days.
60 minutes 60 minutes 60 minute 12 mins
c) The toy is suitable for children over 3 years old.
2.
3 x 60 minutes = 180 minutes
4 years about 30 weeks

12 weeks 730 days 180 minutes + 12 minutes = 192 minutes

c) 157 seconds
2 years 48 days

6 weeks 6 days 48 months 1 minute 1 minute 37 secs

60 seconds 60 seconds 37 secs
7 months 84 days

3. Lee has calculated 53 × 7 = 371. This would tell you 2 minutes 37 seconds
the number of days in 53 weeks. 2. a) 1 × 6 = 6 1 × 60 = 60 1 hour = 60 minutes
To find the number of weeks in 53 days, Lee should b) 2 × 6 = 12 2 × 60 = 120 2 hours = 120 minutes
have calculated 53 ÷ 7 to get the answer 7 weeks c) 3 × 6 = 18 3 × 60 = 180 3 hours = 180 minutes
and 4 days. d) 4 × 6 = 24 4 × 60 = 240 4 hours = 240 minutes
4. a) 5 weeks + 13 days = 6 weeks 6 days e) 10 × 6 = 60 10 × 60 = 600 10 hours = 600 minutes
b) 38 months – 2 years = 14 months 3. a) 2 hours and 15 minutes
5. Explanations completed: b) 1 hour and 35 minutes
months in a number of years, multiply by 12. c) 2 hours and 25 minutes
years in a number of months, divide by 12. 4. Ella’s dad finished the marathon 130 minutes after
days in a number of weeks, multiply by 7. the winner.
weeks in a number of days, divide by 7.
5. 3,600 drops will be in the bowl after 1 hour (60 × 60).
6. Children’s answers will vary; for example:
9 years, 11 weeks and 4 days
9 × 365 + 2 extra days in leap years = 3,287
11 × 7 = 77
3,287 + 77 + 4 = 3,368
I am 3,368 days old.

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3. In the digital time, the 9 represents 9 hours because

Reflect quarter to 10 is the same as 9:45.
In the analogue time, the minute hand pointing to the
Different methods are possible; for example: 9 represents 45 minutes past the hour, or a quarter to
There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. the next hour.
152 – 60 = 92 4. Order of children’s answers will vary; for example:
92 – 60 = 32
So, there are 2 hours and 32 minutes in 152 minutes.
3 :563 :56pm pm 5 :365 :36pm pm
3 Convert between analogue
and digital times
➜ pages 55–57

1. a) 1:30 am d) 7:20 pm 6 :356 :35pm pm 6 :536 :53pm pm

b) 2:45 pm e) 11:58 am

Reflect
Children’s explanations will vary.
For example:
To convert from analogue into digital, I would look at
c) 3:53 pm f) 8:40 pm
the hour (short) hand to identify the hour it is pointing
at or has just gone past. I would write this hour before
the colon.
Then I would look at the minute (long) hand and work
out how many minutes it is after the hour by counting
how many small intervals the minute hand has turned
through (clockwise) since passing the 12. I would write
2. a) this after the colon (using two digits; for example, writing
02 for 2 minutes).
2 : I2 am If the time is the morning, I would write ‘am’ after the
time and if it is the afternoon I would write ‘pm’.

b)

i2 :45 pm

c)

6 : i7 pm

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4 Convert to the 24-hour clock Reflect

➜ pages 58–60
Children’s explanations will vary.
1. a) d) They should recognise that 24-hour times have 4 digits
and 12-hour times need to specify whether they are ‘am’
or ‘pm’.
For example:
To convert a 12-hour am time to 24-hour: If the hour is
12, replace with 00; if the hour is 1 to 9, write a 0 in front;
0I0I
0I 0I05::05
::05 05 0808
0808 28::28
::28 28 if the hour is 10 or 11, leave as is.
To convert a 12-hour pm time to 24-hour: If the hour is
b) e) 12, leave as is; if the hour is 1 to 11, add 12.
To convert a 24-hour time to 12-hour: If the hour is 00,
replace with 12 and write ‘am’ after the time; if the hour
is 01 to 09, remove the 0 and write ‘am’; if the hour is 10
or 11, write ‘am’; if the hour is 12, write ‘pm’; if the hour is

I9I9
I9 I900::00
::00 00 0000
0000 02::02
::02 02
13 to 23, subtract 12 and write ‘pm’.

c) 5 Problem solving – convert

units of time
➜ pages 61–63

2323
2323 4I::4I
::4I 4I
1. a) Team A was the first to complete Stage I. It took
9 days.
b) It took 3 weeks and 2 days altogether for Team B to
2. a) 1:42 (pm) complete Stages 1 and 2.
b) 3:30 (pm) c) Team A took 49 days.
c) 9:40 (am) Team B took 51 days.
d) 8:48 (pm) Team A reached the summit 2 days before Team B.
e) 10:11 (pm) 2. 1 minute 40 seconds
f) 12:00 (am) 3 minutes 50 seconds
3. a) 03:42 7 minutes 20 seconds
24-hour time is written using 4 digits so you need 1 hour 23 minutes
to put a zero before the 3. 3 hours 32 minutes
b) 15:42 3.
There is no need to write pm after a 24-hour time.
4. Aki’s watch will show 15:47.
i4 :40
5. Many answers are possible; for example:
05:12 5:12 am
06:02 6:02 am
07:01 7:01 am 4. Dan (21 months) > Ben (22 months) >
08:00 8:00 am Abdul (24 months) > Cerys (25 months)
10:07 10:07 am 5. The bus left the station at 12:27.
13:04 1:04 pm
14:30 2:30 pm Reflect
15:20 3:20 pm
Children’s explanations may vary; for example:
Divide 108 by 12 to get 9 years.

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End of unit check

➜ pages 64–65

My journal
Children’s answers will vary, but they should work out
that 100 months is 8 years and 4 months, or convert
their ages from years to months and compare.

Power puzzle
06:56 = 6:56 am
3 hours 46 minutes = 226 minutes
60 months = 5 years
Clock showing 4 minutes to 6 = 17:56
8 weeks 4 days = 60 days
4 years 11 months = 59 months
Clock showing 10 past 1 = 13:10
Odd one out is 01:02.

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 Year 4 Practice Book 4C  Unit 14 – Geometry – angles and 2D shapes

Unit 14 – Geometry – 2 Compare and order angles

angles and 2D shapes ➜ pages 69–71

1 Identify angles 1. a) Circled: angle a

b) Circled: angle a
➜ pages 66–68 c) Circled: angle b
2. Greatest Smallest
1. a) Ticked: 3rd and 5th angles
b c a
3. a) Smallest Greatest

b c a d
b) Smallest Greatest
b) Ticked: 4th and 5th angles
d b c a
4. Children’s answers will vary, but the angles should be
in ascending order and ideally include an acute angle,
a right angle and an obtuse angle.
5. a) Smallest Greatest
c) Ticked: 2nd and 5th angles
d b c a

b) The more sides a regular shape has, the bigger the

interior angles are.

2. Children’s angles will vary in size and orientation Reflect

but must be a right angle, an acute angle and an
obtuse angle. Acute angles are smaller than a right angle (a quarter
3. The trapezium (top right cell) is in the wrong place turn) and obtuse angles are greater than a right angle
since it has two acute angles and two obtuse angles (a quarter turn) but smaller than a straight line
so it belongs in the top left cell in the table. (a half turn).
4. Children should circle the flower and the rock.
3 Triangles
Reflect
➜ pages 72–74
An acute angle is an angle that is less than a right angle
(or quarter turn).
1. a) Circled: 1st and 3rd triangles
An obtuse angle is an angle greater than a right angle (or
quarter turn) but less than a straight line (or half turn).
A right angle is a quarter turn.

b) Circled: 2nd triangle

c) Circled: 1st and 4th triangles

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2. Colours used by children may vary; for example: c) Circled: all shapes except the square

2. Children’s drawings will vary but must include

two squares and four non-square quadrilaterals
(orientations will vary).
3. Trapezium
Equilateral:
Isosceles:
Scalene: Rhombus
3.

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Trapezium → bottom shape

4. There are 25 isosceles triangles altogether.
Rhombus → 3rd shape from top (A square is a special
Reflect kind of rhombus.)
Parallelogram → top shape and 3rd shape from top
An equilateral triangle has 3 sides of equal length and (A square is a special kind of parallelogram.)
all angles of equal size.
Rectangle → 2nd shape from top and 3rd shape from
An isosceles triangle has 2 sides of the same length top (A square is a special kind of rectangle.)
and 2 angles equal in size.
4. Children should correctly draw two different
A scalene triangle has 3 sides all of different lengths quadrilaterals using the clues provided.
and all angles of different sizes.
A right-angled triangle has 1 angle which is a
right angle.
Right-angled triangles can be isosceles or scalene.
Reflect
4 Quadrilaterals A rhombus has four equal sides but can have different
sized angles. A square is a type of rhombus but with
➜ pages 75–77
angles of equal size (right angles).
1. a) Circled: rectangle (top left), rhombus (top right),
square (bottom left), trapezium (bottom right)

b) Circled: both squares (bottom left, bottom right)

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5 Polygons 6 Reason about polygons

➜ pages 78–80 ➜ pages 81–83

1. a) Circled: square and equilateral triangle 1. a) Children should shade the: rectangle (3rd shape),
triangle (4th shape).
b) Children should shade the: parallelogram
(2nd shape), rectangle (3rd shape),
trapezium (4th shape).
c) Children should shade the: parallelogram
(1st shape), right-angled triangle (2nd shape),
right-angled triangle (5th shape).
b) Circled: all shapes except the equilateral triangle d) Children should shade the: trapezium (3rd shape),
triangle (4th shape), parallelogram (5th shape).

2. Children’s answers will vary depending on the types of

triangles they have drawn.
3. It could be a parallelogram, a rhombus, a trapezium, a
kite, an arrowhead or a quadrilateral, all with different
c) side and angle sizes.
It cannot be a square or a rectangle as these shapes
only have right angles.
Children should correctly draw and label their
chosen shapes.
4. Quadrilateral
Not
Quadrilateral

Regular red
polgygons
blue Irregular polygons
Angles not
2. Children should correctly draw two different squares. all equal

3. Children should correctly draw one regular and one

irregular hexagon.
4. Reena is describing picture A.
Angles all
5. Different solutions are possible: equal

Reflect
Children’s answers will vary. They should recognise that
they need to consider the properties of its sides - how
The top left shape can be joined to the top right many sides and whether they are equal in length and
shape; the trapezium in the middle of the bottom row parallel. They should also consider the properties of its
can be joined to another copy of itself to make angles - whether they are equal in size, acute/obtuse or
a hexagon. right angles.

Also, 6 equilateral triangles (in the middle of the

top row) can be joined together to make a hexagon.

Reflect
A regular shape has sides of the same length and angles
of the same size; an irregular shape does not.

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7 Lines of symmetry 8 Complete a symmetric figure

➜ pages 84–86 ➜ pages 87–89

1. Children should correctly find and draw the lines of 1. Check that children have correctly identified and
symmetry, as shown: completed each shape.
a) Rectangle
b) Hexagon
c) Octagon
d) Triangle (isosceles)

2. Children should correctly find and draw the lines of 2. Check that children have correctly completed the
symmetry, as shown: patterns and that they are symmetrical.

a) c) 3. Children should correctly complete the shape,

as shown:

b) d)

3. Children should correctly identify and draw the

shapes in the correct cells of the table.
4. Check that children have correctly completed
Regular Irregular the octagon.
4 or more lines
of symmetry Reflect
Fewer than
4 lines of Children’s answers will vary; for example:
symmetry When completing a symmetric shape, it is important to
use a mirror to check the shape and count the number of
sides on one side of the line.
4. Children’s answers will vary depending on the shape
drawn; for example:
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My journal
1. There are two ways of dividing the hexagon. Children
may represent these ways in a different orientation.
5. Children’s answers will vary; for example:
a) Isosceles trapezium
b) Rhombus
c) Equilateral triangle

Reflect
Children’s answers may vary but should include that 2. Greg cannot be correct. If you draw three lines
there are infinite lines of symmetry; for example: connected by two obtuse angles, the outer pair of
If you fold a circle along any line which goes through its lines will never meet to form a triangle.
centre, the 2 halves match exactly. There are an infinite These lines will not meet
number of such lines so a circle has infinite lines of to create a triangle
symmetry.
Obtuse
angles

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Power puzzle
Folding a piece of A4 paper as shown will create a square.
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 Year 4 Practice Book 4C  Unit 15 – Statistics

Unit 15 – Statistics 5. Number of class points per

team in Year 4
1 Interpret charts Number of points

➜ pages 93–95 earth

1. a) 20 air
b) 34
c) 25 (accept 24) fire
2. Evie read 22 fiction books.
Gracie read 8 non-fiction books. water
Gracie read 74 books in total.
3. Each represents 100 points.
Number of books

Evie Total number of class points

earnt last term
Gracie 1,600
1,400
Number of points 1,200
Each represents 2 books. 1,000
800

4. Number of pages 600

read in one term 400

200
Milo 2,500
0
earth air fire water
Luis 4,500 Class

Grace 3,500

Finlay 2,250
Reflect

5,000 Children’s answers will vary depending on data that

4,500 is being represented. Look for children identifying
4,000 the advantages and disadvantages of different
3,500 data representations.
Number of pages

3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
Milo Luis Grace Finlay
Pupil

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2 Solve problems with Reflect

charts (1)
Children’s answers will vary; for example:
➜ pages 96–98 Estimate the difference between the populations
of Twyford and Spixworth.
1. a) 35
What is the total population of Windermere
b) 4
and Overton?
c) 70
2. Number of visitors
History Science
Total
4 Interpret line graphs (1)
Museum Museum
Saturday 625 800 1,425 ➜ pages 102–104
Sunday 745 725 1,470 1. a) 20 km
Monday 390 390 780 b) 55 km
c) 60 minutes
3. Number of points earned d) 150 minutes
Space Vault Climbing 2. a) 110 cm
Raiders Explorer Road b) 12 pm
Sarah 700 650 850 c) The shadow was the longest at 8 am.
It was 130 cm long.
Max 550 200 800
The shadow was the shortest at 12 pm.
It was 30 cm long.
Number of points scored by Sarah
The shadow was the same length at both 9 am
900
800
and 10 am (also accept 9 am and 3 pm and 10 am
Number of points

700 and 3 pm).

600
3. No, because the variables (colours) do not change
500
400 over time and the variables (colours and numbers) do
300 not show a relationship. A bar chart would be the best
200 diagram to represent this data.
100
0 4. a) Distance travelled during a car journey
Space Raiders Vault Explorer Climbing Road
Video Game 100

80
4. a) 20
Distance in miles

b) Wednesday, difference of 130. 60

40
Reflect
20
Children’s answers should include line graphs and bar
charts with reasons for which graph they prefer. 0
30 90 120 150
60
Time in minutes
3 Solve problems with Car journey

charts (2) Time
Distance 20 miles
30 minutes 60 minutes 90 minutes 120 minutes 150 minutes
45 miles 55 miles 55 miles 80 miles

➜ pages 99–101 b) The line graph is flat between 90 and 120 minutes
which means the car was not moving and stuck in a
1. a) 2,000 traffic jam.
b) 6,500
2. a) 7 °C Reflect
b) Belfast
c) London Children’s answers will vary but should include that line
3. a) 53 km graphs are used to show how two items (variables) are
b) 5 km related, often this involves time.
c) £60
4. Population of Glastonbury = 8,500
(Estimated) population of Overton = 4,300
8,500 - 4,300 = 4,200
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5 Interpret line graphs (2) 6 Draw line graphs

➜ pages 104–107 ➜ pages 108–110

1. a) 6 °C 1. 12
b) It took 2 hours for the water to increase from
11
22 mm to 32 mm.
It took this long because it stopped raining at 10
10 am for 1 hour and then started raining again 9

(km)
at 11 am.

(km)
8

start
2. a) 9,000

start
7
b) 1,700 (accept 1,700 to 1,800)

fromthe
c) 1 hour 6

from
3. 73 m (accept 72 to 74 m) 5

Distance
Distance
4
Children’s answers will vary but should acknowledge
that the peak of the curve is at 73 m, so this is the 3
greatest height. 2
4. Children’s answers will vary, look for clear comparisons 1
using the words provided; for example:
0
It is colder in the morning than in the middle of the 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Time at
Time at checkpoint
checkpoint(minutes)
(minutes)
day in both July and December.
The temperature was the same at 12 pm and 1 pm in 2. a)
July. 26,000
The difference in the temperatures in July and 24,000
December at 12 pm was 14 °C. 22,000
The temperature at 2 pm in July was 16 °C more than 20,000
in December.
18,000
It is always warmer in July than in December at all 16,000
Value (£)

times of day.
14,000

Reflect 12,000
10,000
Children’s answers will vary but should include: clearly
8,000
reading the axes labels; using a ruler to draw a line
from the graph to the relevant axis to read off the data; 6,000
understanding the intervals on the axes; and using 4,000
comparison words to draw conclusions. 2,000
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (years)
b) Years 1 and 2; the car loses £10,000. This is where
the line on the graph is the steepest.
3. a) In a bar graph, the items are separate to each other
and not related in any way. Line graphs represent
the relationship between two items (variables).
b) Line graphs represent how two items (variables)
are related to each other, often one variable is time.
Examples of line graphs include price over time,
temperature over time and distance over time.
c) Dotted lines can be clearly seen to be different
from the grid lines. Also, if more than one line
graph is shown on the same grid then a dotted line
and a solid line could be used.

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Reflect
Children’s answer should include:
Same: they both represent data, are on grids and have
horizontal and vertical axes.
Different: line graphs show how two variables are related
to each other (usually one variable is time).
Bar graphs show the amounts of individual items that
are not related to each other.

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My journal
Children’s answers will vary; for example:
The price at 6 pm was £2·00 more than the price at 4 pm.
The total price was £5·50.
The price at 12 pm was £1·50 less than the price at 3 pm.
The final price was £4·00 more compared to the starting
price of £1·50.
The price increased by £4·00 altogether.

Power puzzle
1.
Height on 1 January Height on 1 December
140 140
130 130
120 120
Height in centimetres

Height in centimetres

110 110
100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
Finlay Evie Maisie Raj Finlay Evie Maisie Raj
Child Child

ht on 1 January Height on 1 December

140
130
120
Height in centimetres

110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Evie Maisie Raj Finlay Evie Maisie Raj
Child Child

2. Children’s answers will vary. Check for accurate use of

a key and measuring.

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 Year 4 Practice Book 4C Unit 16 – Geometry – position and direction

Unit 16 – Geometry – Reflect

position and direction Ebo is incorrect. (2,4) means 2 squares right and
4 squares up.
1 Describe position
➜ pages 114–116 3 Plot coordinates
1. a) Cliff ➜ pages 120–121
b) Woods
c) Moor 1. a) 8 b) 8
d) Hill 7 7
6 6
2. a) Right of the cliff / below the hill 5 5
b) Right of the swamp / above the woods 4 4
3 3
c) Between the cave and the hill / right of the woods 2 2
d) Left of the cave / top left of the map 1 1
e) Between the woods and the cliff 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
f) Below the moor / left of the camp
3. Woods 2. a) isosceles triangle b) (irregular) pentagon
8 8
4. No, Andy is not correct. 7 7
The woods are closer to the moor than to the cave. 6 6
5 5
5. a) Children’s answers will vary according to the places 4 4
they choose, but look for the number of squares 3 3
2 2
left/right/up/down between the places chosen. 1 1
For example: 0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
This place is 2 squares right of the valley (moor).
This place is 2 squares left and 2 squares up from 8
3. a)
the woods (swamp). 7
b) The squares make it possible to be more accurate 6
and pinpoint the exact place.
5

Reflect 4

3
Maps and grids help to pinpoint the location of 2
places accurately.
1

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 Describe position using 8
coordinates b)
7

6
➜ pages 117–119
5

1. a) The statue is at (7,4). 4

b) The other fence posts are at (4,6) and (6,6). 3
c) The other rose bush is at (3,3).
2
2. (0,3), (0,6) and (1,6)
1
3. Jamie is incorrect. She has reversed the coordinates. 0
The gnome is at (5,3). 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

4. (8,4) 4. a) Children should design a star shape on the grid.

b) Children’s coordinates will vary depending on
5. To the left side of the house.
their design. They should correctly identify the
6. a) (0,6) coordinates of their vertices.
b) (1,3)
Reflect
7. D (4,5)
I think this because it is on the lawn, not on the path, It is a vertical line going up from x = 3, similar to
nor right next to the shed nor in the pond. Question 3 b).

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4 Draw 2D shapes on a grid 3. a) (4,1)

b) (1,3)
➜ pages 123–125 c) (0,0)
d) (2,4)
1. 7 4. a) (74,126)
6
b) (72,128)

5
5. (7,6), (7,7), (12,6), (12,7)

4
Reflect
3

2
Yes. If the value of a number in the coordinate has
increased, this is a move right or up. If the value has
1
decreased this is a move left or down.
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The coordinates are (1,1), (6,1), (6,4), (1,4). 6 Describe translation on

2. a) (3,6), (7,2) and (7,6) a grid
b) 8
7 ➜ pages 129–131
6
5 1. a) Andy goes 1 left, 2 down.
4 b) Danny goes 2 left, 1 up.
3 c) Danny goes 1 right, 2 up.
2 d) Andy goes 3 left, 1 down.
1
2. a) 1 left, 3 down
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 b) 5 right, 1 up
c) 2 left, 2 up
3. Various sets of coordinates are possible. d) 2 right, 2 down
There should be a difference of 3 between the e) 3 right, 4 up
x-coordinates and a difference of 2 between the f) 3 right
y-coordinates, or the other way around. 3. Reena moved 2 right, 3 up.
For example: 4. 2 left, 1 up
(3,1), (3,3), (6,1), (6,3) 1 left, 2 up
(4,1), (4,4), (6,1), (6,4) 1 right, 2 up
4. a) (2,9), (8,3) and (8,9). 2 right, 1 up
b) Answer 1: (2,10), (7,10) and (7,3).
2 left, 1 down
Answer 2: (2,8), (9,8) and (9,3).
1 left, 2 down
Reflect 2 right, 1 down
1 right, 2 down
Properties of 2D shapes.
Lengths of the sides can be used to work out the Reflect
coordinates of the vertices using addition or subtraction.
Right becomes left, left becomes right.
5 Translate on a grid Up becomes down, down becomes up.
The numbers stay the same.
➜ pages 126–128 For example: the reverse of 4 left, 3 up is 4 right, 3 down.

1. a) Pier
b) Turbine
c) Rig
d) Harbour
2. D – A – C – B – F – E

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End of unit check

➜ pages 132–134

My journal
1. Cards A and D will take you from (5,5) to (10,10)
because A translates (5,5) to (0,15) and D translates
(0,15) to (10,10).
5 – 5 + 10 = 10
5 + 10 – 5 = 10
2. Kim should put her black counter in position (4,5).

Power puzzle
This is a game, so no answers are required.

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