AC9M4N06 • Year 4 Maths

Efficient Calculation Strategies and Digital Tools (AC9M4N06)

develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder

Choose a learning activity. Practice and Test use short shuffled attempts. Repeat quiz practice to access more of the full question bank.

Unit focus

  • Efficiency means choosing a method that is accurate, understandable and well suited to the numbers and context. Mental strategies, written methods and digital tools each have appropriate uses.
  • Use this routine: Estimate → Analyse numbers → Choose strategy/tool → Solve → Check → Compare efficiency.
  • Watch for one method used for every problem: Analyse the numbers before choosing a strategy.