Add numerators, add denominators
1/2 + 1/3 = 2/5. The rule is invented because the idea of a common unit is missing.
Class 4 maths
Class 4 Maths — topics, practice and one-to-one help
Fractions get operations. Decimals appear. Area and perimeter start to be confused with each other. Multi-digit multiplication arrives. The syllabus speeds up; the gaps from Class 3 become visible.
Part of G3–G5 (Grades 3 to 5). Open the G3–G5 maths programme →
Why children commonly stall here
Children who still see a fraction as a pizza slice cannot add 1/2 + 1/4 as numbers. Perimeter vs area is the other classic: they add when they should multiply, and nobody notices until a test.
Misconceptions
The Class 4 traps we actually see
This is the section that should be citable: specific, ordered, and written from classroom pattern — not from a generic syllabus.
Longer decimal is larger
0.35 looks bigger than 0.4 because 35 > 4. Place value in tenths and hundredths is not secure.
Area is the same as perimeter
They add all the sides for area, or multiply length and width for perimeter, depending on which word appeared last.
Worked examples
Three short ones. A live session has more, at the child’s pace.
Show 1/2 + 1/4 on a number line, then with a rectangle.
Same unit: quarters. The answer is a number, 3/4, not a drawing only.
Which is larger: 0.4 or 0.35? Prove it with a hundred-grid.
4 tenths vs 3 tenths and 5 hundredths.
A 6 by 4 rectangle: perimeter and area. What is different?
Distance around vs space inside. Two different quantities, two different units.
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