SiyavulaGr4Maths

MATHEMATICS
GRADE 4
MATHEMATICS GRADE 4
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Mathematics
Grade 4
Learner Book
Developed and funded as an ongoing project by the Sasol Inzalo
Foundation in partnership with the Ukuqonda Institute
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Published by
The Ukuqonda Institute
http://www.ukuqonda.org.za
9 Neale Street, Rietondale 0084, South Africa
Title 21 Company, Reg. No. 2006/026363/08
Public Benefit Organisation, PBO No. 930035134
© 2016. Copyright in the work is vested in the publisher.
Copyright in the text remains vested in the authors.
Mathematics Learner Book Grade 4
ISBN: 978-1-4315-2287-3
This book was developed with the participation of the Department of Basic Education
of South Africa (DBE) with funding from the Sasol Inzalo Foundation (SaIF).
Authors:
Piet Human, Alwyn Olivier, Erna Lampen, Amanda le Roux,
Caroline Long, Chris Human
Contributors:
Malcolm Samuel Alexander, Joseph James Gordon, Funaki Junko,
John Bob Kolokoto, Nombuso Makhaza, Sylvia Sindiswa Mcosana, Thulisizwe Msomi,
Victor Sipho Mthombeni, Cebisa Faith Mtumtum, Basil Sakoor, David Sekao,
Nomvuyo Maureen Thobela, Patricia Whitten, Roselinah Sizane Zwane, Millard Zweni
Text design: Mike Schramm
Layout and typesetting: Anton Stark, Lebone Publishing Services
Illustrations and computer graphics:
Leonora van Staden; Piet Human; Lisa Steyn; Zhandré Stark
Cover design and illustration: Leonora van Staden and Piet Human
Photographers: Martin van Niekerk; Leonora van Staden (pp. 335 and 337)
IT solution and support for file sharing: Menge Media
Acknowledgements: Thanks to OldakQuill (2002), whose photograph of the moon
appears on p. 173, for sharing his photograph on www.commons.wikimedia.org in
the public domain. We extend special thanks to 34 Fine Art and Esther Mahlangu for
kindly allowing us to use their photographs on p. 181. We also wish to thank Elsa Retief
for the photograph of the honeycomb on p. 334. The photographs of the rondavel on
p. 309 and the fish on p. 334 are from Shutterstock.
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IV UNIT 1: WHOLE NUMBERS
Contents
term 1
.............................................................. 1
Unit 1: Whole numbers ...................................................................3
Unit 2: Number sentences ............................................................18
Unit 3: Whole numbers: Addition and subtraction ........................26
Unit 4: Numeric patterns ..............................................................51
Unit 5: Whole numbers: Multiplication and division ...................... 60
Unit 6: Time .................................................................................73
Unit 7: Data handling ...................................................................86
Unit 8: Properties of two-dimensional shapes ................................96
Unit 9: Whole numbers: Multiplication and division .................... 104
term 2
.......................................................... 117
Unit 1: Whole numbers ...............................................................119
Unit 2: Whole numbers: Addition and subtraction ......................128
Unit 3: Common fractions ..........................................................136
Unit 4: Length ............................................................................147
Unit 5: Whole numbers: Multiplication .......................................161
Unit 6: Properties of three-dimensional objects ...........................173
Unit 7: Geometric patterns .........................................................181
Unit 8: Symmetry .......................................................................189
Unit 9: Whole numbers: Addition and subtraction ......................193
Unit 10: Whole numbers: Division ..............................................200
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