Year 4 · Spring term · weeks 6 to 9 · Number
Year 4 Fractions worksheets
Year 4 Fractions is taught in the Spring term, weeks 6 to 9. This block has 15 steps: Understand the whole; Count beyond 1; Partition a mixed number; Number lines with mixed numbers; Compare and order mixed numbers; Understand improper fractions; Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions; Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers; Equivalent fractions on a number line; Equivalent fraction families; Add two or more fractions; Add fractions and mixed numbers; Subtract two fractions; Subtract from whole amounts; Subtract from mixed numbers.
Steps in this block
Step 1: Understand the whole
Understand a whole divided into equal parts, name the fraction shaded and not shaded, and make one whole.
Step 1 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 2: Count beyond 1
Count forwards beyond 1 in fractions, on number lines and in sequences, using mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Step 2 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 3: Partition a mixed number
Partition a mixed number into a whole number and a fraction, with bar models and part-whole models.
Step 3 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 4: Number lines with mixed numbers
Read and complete number lines with mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Step 4 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 5: Compare and order mixed numbers
Compare mixed numbers with greater than and less than, and put them in order.
Step 5 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 6: Understand improper fractions
Understand improper fractions as more than one whole, with bar models and number lines.
Step 6 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 7: Convert mixed numbers to improper fractions
Change mixed numbers and whole numbers into improper fractions.
Step 7 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 8: Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers
Change improper fractions into mixed numbers or whole numbers.
Step 8 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 9: Equivalent fractions on a number line
Use number lines to find equivalent fractions.
Step 9 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 10: Equivalent fraction families
Find families of equivalent fractions with bar models and by multiplying the numerator and denominator.
Step 10 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 11: Add two or more fractions
Add fractions with the same denominator, including totals of 1 and more than 1.
Step 11 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 12: Add fractions and mixed numbers
Add a fraction or a mixed number to a mixed number when the denominators are the same.
Step 12 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 13: Subtract two fractions
Subtract fractions with the same denominator, including improper fractions.
Step 13 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 14: Subtract from whole amounts
Subtract a fraction from a whole number by exchanging one whole for fractions.
Step 14 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 15: Subtract from mixed numbers
Subtract a fraction or a mixed number from a mixed number, with and without exchanging.
Step 15 · not scaffolded sheet with answersHow to use this block
Work through the steps in order. For each step, start the class on the Expected sheet and give Developing or Greater depth sheets where needed. Every worksheet has a separate answer sheet, so children can mark their own work or you can mark it with a marks column. Use the Make a sheet page, or the teacher guide, if you want to know more.