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Massachusetts 4th Grade Math Standards

All 28 Massachusetts math standards for 4th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

28 standards

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
4.OA.A.1
Read a multiplication equation as a comparison, like 35 is 5 times as many as 7.
Common Core 4.OA.1
4.OA.A.2
Solve word problems that compare amounts with multiplication or division.
Common Core 4.OA.2
4.OA.A.3
Solve multi-step word problems with all four operations and remainders, write equations with a letter unknown, check by estimating, and know times and division facts to 12 × 12.
4.OA.B.4
Find the factor pairs of numbers 1 to 100 and tell prime numbers from composite ones.
Common Core 4.OA.4
4.OA.C.5
Make and extend number and shape patterns that follow a rule.
Common Core 4.OA.5

Number and Operations in Base Ten

6 standards
4.NBT.A.1
Explain that a digit in a whole number is worth ten times what it would be one place to the right, like seeing why 700 ÷ 70 = 10.
4.NBT.A.2
Read, write and compare multi-digit numbers in numerals, words and expanded form.
Common Core 4.NBT.2
4.NBT.A.3
Round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Common Core 4.NBT.3
4.NBT.B.4
Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm.
Common Core 4.NBT.4
4.NBT.B.5
Multiply up to four digits by one digit, and two two-digit numbers, with place-value strategies.
Common Core 4.NBT.5
4.NBT.B.6
Divide up to four digits by one digit, with or without remainders.
Common Core 4.NBT.6

Number and Operations—Fractions

7 standards
4.NF.A.1
Use fraction models to explain why multiplying the top and bottom by the same number gives an equal fraction, then find equivalent fractions, including ones greater than 1.
4.NF.A.2
Compare fractions with different numerators and denominators.
Common Core 4.NF.2
4.NF.B.3
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators.
Common Core 4.NF.3
4.NF.B.4
Multiply a fraction by a whole number.
Common Core 4.NF.4
4.NF.C.5
Rewrite tenths as hundredths to add them, like 3/10 + 4/100.
Common Core 4.NF.5
4.NF.C.6
Write fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 as decimals, like 0.62 for 62/100, and use them for lengths like 0.62 meters and on a number line.
4.NF.C.7
Compare two decimals to hundredths.
Common Core 4.NF.7

Measurement and Data

7 standards
4.MD.A.1
Know the relative sizes of units in one system, like kilometers and meters.
Common Core 4.MD.1
4.MD.A.2
Solve word problems about distance, time, liquid volume, mass and money.
Common Core 4.MD.2
4.MD.A.3
Use rectangle area and perimeter formulas in problems, like finding a room's width from its area and length, giving area in square units and perimeter in linear units.
4.MD.B.4
Make a line plot, or dot plot, of measurements in halves, fourths, and eighths, and use it to add and subtract fractions, like the gap between the longest and shortest insects.
4.MD.C.5
Understand angles and how they are measured in degrees.
Common Core 4.MD.5
4.MD.C.6
Measure and draw angles with a protractor.
Common Core 4.MD.6
4.MD.C.7
Add and subtract angle measures to find an unknown angle.
Common Core 4.MD.7

Geometry

3 standards
4.G.A.1
Draw points, lines, segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines.
Common Core 4.G.1
4.G.A.2
Sort 2D shapes by their parallel or perpendicular lines and by their angles.
Common Core 4.G.2
4.G.A.3
Find and draw lines of symmetry.
Common Core 4.G.3

The official Massachusetts documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Massachusetts's standards, not the official wording, which Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.