Make teaching estimation in Year 4 easy, purposeful and curriculum-aligned with our comprehensive Year 4 Estimation Strategies Mathematics Package! This downloadable zip file includes a complete suite of engaging activities, games, posters, worksheets and digital resources designed to build confidence and proficiency with estimation concepts across a variety of contexts.

With 12 high-quality resources included, students are supported in exploring strategies such as front-end estimation, compatible numbers, rounding, compensation, average clustering, and more. Each task promotes real-world application and problem solving, while also reinforcing fluency and mental computation through engaging and hands-on learning experiences.

Upon downloading the zip file, you’ll receive a clear overview document outlining each resource, its curriculum targets and intended use. Each individual folder contains the printable or digital resource, a detailed overview, printing notes, and teacher tips - saving you time and helping you deliver intentional, strategy-based lessons with ease.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Develop a range of mental estimation strategies for addition, subtraction and money calculations
• ✅ Apply estimation in real-life contexts including budgeting and shopping scenarios
• ✅ Use rounding and front-end estimation to check for reasonableness of answers
• ✅ Understand and compare estimation strategies such as compensation and clustering
• ✅ Interpret when to estimate and when to calculate exact answers

What’s Included:

• Budget or Bust Game
• Canteen Estimating & Calculating Costs Activity
• Class Party Planning Worksheets: Estimating Money
• Estimate Mnemonic Posters
• Estimate or Calculate Worksheets
• Estimate or Exact Sorting Activity
• Estimation Strategies Anchor Charts
• Estimation Strategies POWERPOINT
• Flip it! Estimate it! Rounding to 10 and 100 Activity
• Grocery Estimation & Calculating Costs Activity
• Rounding & Estimating Money Algorithm Worksheets
• Toy Planet Purchases

Materials Needed:

• Printed resources (worksheets, games, posters)
• Scissors, glue, pencils and markers
• Access to PowerPoint for digital components
• Optional: Calculators for checking estimated answers

How to Use:

1. Use the package across several weeks to explicitly teach and practise each estimation strategy one at a time
2. Pair the activities with mini-lessons or anchor charts to reinforce understanding
3. Incorporate the games and interactive tasks as warm-ups, rotations, or homework extensions
4. Assign problem-solving resources to small groups for discussion and collaboration
5. Use selected activities for formative assessment or portfolio tasks

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• • • 💡 Use the posters and anchor charts to introduce estimation strategies
    • 💡 Include the worksheets in your maths rotations or warm-up sessions
    • 💡 Set up the games as part of a fun Friday fluency station
    • 💡 Use real-world tasks like Grocery Estimation to connect maths to everyday life
    • 💡 Assign the PowerPoint as a digital review or interactive lesson guide
     

    Top Teacher Tips:

    • • • 💛 Laminate the sorting cards and posters for reuse year after year
        • 💛 Introduce one estimation strategy at a time using the anchor charts and mnemonics
        • 💛 Print the included overview document to keep in your planning folder
        • 💛 Mix and match resources to suit your students’ needs and ability levels
         

        Year 4 Estimation Strategies Mathematics Package is your go-to collection for purposeful and practical estimation teaching. With everything in one place, you’ll have the tools you need to help students estimate with confidence and success!