# Core 4 Maths — C4.4 study guide

Work through one daily lesson at a time. Keep paper nearby for drawing bars and marking number lines. Enter your own answers, including full number names, in the website. If you need support, use the worked example: its numbers are different from your question.

## Daily focus

**Monday:** Connect halves to equal parts, practise counting in twos, and link multiplication with division.

**Tuesday:** Use quarters and counting in fours. Read four-digit numbers, compare them, and use small facts to calculate with larger numbers.

**Wednesday:** Work with eighths and counting in eights. Read descending number lines carefully and use opposite operations to check calculations.

**Thursday:** Connect thirds with counting in threes. Compare place values, build fact families and solve missing-number equations.

**Friday:** Review fifths and counting in fives. Notice zero placeholders in number words and bring the week's calculation methods together.

## Learning methods

### Fractions and equal groups

The denominator tells you how many equal parts make one whole. The numerator counts the parts selected. Keep the denominator unchanged while counting. Draw extra whole bars when your count passes a whole. To find a fraction of a quantity, share the whole into equal parts before taking the required parts.

### Place value and number words

Use a thousands–hundreds–tens–ones chart. Say the number, then type its complete English number name in the single word-answer field. The website checks the spelling and place-value word groups; digits are not accepted for number-word questions. You may include or omit grammatical “and”; capitals, commas and hyphens are tolerated. When counting complete hundreds, think about bundles across the whole number rather than reading only one digit.

### Number lines

Read the two endpoints before marking anything: some lines decrease from left to right. Use equally sized gaps. Plot and label your points on paper, then enter the distance from the left endpoint in the numeric checkpoint. This checks the intended position, not the drawing itself.

### Addition and subtraction

Split a number-line jump into hundreds, tens and ones. Check the direction of your jumps. For a missing subtraction amount, find the gap between the two given numbers and test your result in the equation.

### Multiplication and division

Count equal jumps to list multiples. Write each table column's result separately, then solve the full equation. Use place-value scaling or partitioning only where the givens support it. Make two multiplication facts and two division facts using the same factors and product. Follow the stated checking order for the fact-family boxes.

## Checking and trying again

Read every part label and the requested answer form. Use `a/b` for a fraction and a space for a mixed number. Stop each count at its stated endpoint, even if a separate equation uses another number. A read-aloud Yes/No response records reflection, not assessed correctness. When a calculation needs another attempt, compare its method with the different-number example and retry your own question.

Checking happens locally in the browser. These static lesson files are not a secret or protected answer store.