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Mississippi 4th Grade Math Standards

All 36 Mississippi math standards for 4th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Mississippi Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

36 standards

Standards for Mathematical Practice

8 standards
4.SMP.1
Plan and stick with multistep word problems, including ones where a remainder must be interpreted, like how many vans 50 riders need.
4.SMP.2
Switch between real quantities and numbers, like writing 3 x 45 for three 45-minute practices and explaining what 135 minutes means.
4.SMP.3
Build a convincing argument about equivalent fractions, place value or angle sizes with models, and question others' reasoning respectfully.
4.SMP.4
Use equations, diagrams and tables to represent everyday situations, like an area model to plan a 12 by 15 foot garden.
4.SMP.5
Pick tools such as protractors, rulers, fraction strips and place value charts and know when each helps, like measuring an angle to check a sketch.
4.SMP.6
Name units and use math vocabulary exactly, like degrees for angles and square feet for area, and compute multi-digit answers with care.
4.SMP.7
Use patterns in place value and fractions, like seeing that each place is ten times the one to its right, or that 2/3 equals 4/6.
4.SMP.8
Notice repeated steps to find general methods, like seeing that multiplying the top and bottom of a fraction by the same number keeps its value.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

5 standards
4.OA.1
Read a multiplication equation as a comparison, like 35 is 5 times as many as 7.
Common Core 4.OA.1
4.OA.2
Solve word problems that compare amounts with multiplication or division.
Common Core 4.OA.2
4.OA.3
Solve multistep word problems with whole numbers and all four operations, interpret remainders, write equations with a letter for the unknown, and check by estimating.
4.OA.4
Find the factor pairs of numbers 1 to 100 and tell prime numbers from composite ones.
Common Core 4.OA.4
4.OA.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.1
Know that a digit is worth ten times as much as the same digit one place to its right.
Common Core 4.NBT.1
4.NBT.2
Read, write and compare multi-digit numbers in numerals, words and expanded form.
Common Core 4.NBT.2
4.NBT.3
Round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Common Core 4.NBT.3
4.NBT.4
Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers quickly with the standard algorithm, including subtracting across zeros like 5,003 - 1,768.
4.NBT.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.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.1
Explain with fraction models why multiplying top and bottom by the same nonzero number makes an equal fraction, like 2/3 = 8/12, and find equivalent fractions.
4.NF.2
Compare fractions with different numerators and denominators.
Common Core 4.NF.2
4.NF.3
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators.
Common Core 4.NF.3
4.NF.4
Multiply a fraction by a whole number.
Common Core 4.NF.4
4.NF.5
Rewrite tenths as hundredths to add them, like 3/10 + 4/100.
Common Core 4.NF.5
4.NF.6
Write fractions with a denominator of 10 or 100 as decimals.
Common Core 4.NF.6
4.NF.7
Compare two decimals to hundredths.
Common Core 4.NF.7

Measurement and Data

7 standards
4.MD.1
Know how metric and customary units compare in size, convert larger units to smaller ones in one system, and record pairs in a table, like 1 ft = 12 in.
4.MD.2
Solve measurement word problems with all four operations, including simple fractions or decimals and changing to smaller units, shown on scaled number lines.
4.MD.3
Use the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles.
Common Core 4.MD.3
4.MD.4
Make a line plot with fractions of a unit and use it to solve problems.
Common Core 4.MD.4
4.MD.5
Understand angles and how they are measured in degrees.
Common Core 4.MD.5
4.MD.6
Measure and draw angles with a protractor.
Common Core 4.MD.6
4.MD.7
Treat angle measures as adding up, so a whole angle equals the sum of its parts, and write equations to find a missing angle in a diagram.

Geometry

3 standards
4.G.1
Draw points, lines, segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines.
Common Core 4.G.1
4.G.2
Sort flat shapes by whether they have parallel or perpendicular lines or angles of a given size, and classify triangles as equilateral, isosceles, right or scalene.
4.G.3
Find and draw lines of symmetry.
Common Core 4.G.3

The official Mississippi documents

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