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South Carolina Standards

South Carolina 4th Grade Math Standards

All 33 South Carolina math standards for 4th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in South Carolina Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

33 standards

Data, Probability, and Statistical Reasoning

3 standards
4.DPSR.1.1
Gather number and category data from experiments and surveys into titled, labeled tables, scaled bar graphs or dot plots, with scales of wholes, halves or fourths.
4.DPSR.1.2
Answer one-step real-life questions with whole number and fraction data in tables, scaled picture or bar graphs, or dot plots, with like denominators 2 to 6, 8 or 10.
4.DPSR.2.1
List the possible outcomes of a simple event and describe its chance as certain, possible or impossible, like rolling a 7 on a number cube.

Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning

9 standards
4.MGSR.1.1
Use the perimeter formula for rectangles to solve real-life problems, finding the perimeter from the sides or a missing side from the perimeter.
4.MGSR.1.2
Use the area formula for rectangles, length times width, to solve real-life problems and label the answer in square units.
4.MGSR.2.1
Add up coins and bills in real-life situations to decide whether there is enough money to buy something, and justify by comparing the amounts.
4.MGSR.2.2
Solve real-life problems by adding or subtracting time within 60 minutes to find how long something took, when it started or when it ended.
4.MGSR.2.3
Measure lengths with a ruler to the nearest quarter inch, like 3 and 1/4 inches.
4.MGSR.2.4
Weigh objects to the nearest whole ounce, pound, gram or kilogram, using both customary and metric units.
4.MGSR.2.5
Convert larger customary units to smaller ones with given equivalents, for inches, feet and yards, ounces and pounds, or fluid ounces to gallons, like 1 yard = 3 feet.
4.MGSR.3.1
Sort triangles by their sides as equilateral, isosceles or scalene and by their angles as right, acute, obtuse or equiangular.
4.MGSR.3.2
Arrange quadrilaterals in a family tree by shared features, like every square also being a rectangle and a rhombus.

Numerical Reasoning

9 standards
4.NR.1.1
Read and write whole numbers up to 999,999,999 in words, in digits and in expanded form, like 4,052,300 = 4,000,000 + 50,000 + 2,000 + 300.
4.NR.1.2
Round multi-digit numbers to estimate any of the four operations, write the estimate as an equation, and use it to judge if a real-life answer is reasonable.
4.NR.1.3
Put up to three whole numbers within 999,999 in order from least to greatest or greatest to least, and record it with the greater than or less than sign.
4.NR.2.1
Write tenths and hundredths as fractions, in words, with models and as decimals, like 7/10 = 0.7 and 35/100 = 0.35.
4.NR.2.2
Compare decimals to the hundredths using 0, 0.5 and 1 as benchmarks along with area and number line models, and record it with the greater than, less than or equal sign.
4.NR.2.3
Create equivalent fractions, including ones greater than 1, in different ways, like 3/4 = 6/8, with denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.
4.NR.2.4
Join and split like-denominator fractions, mixed numbers included, in several ways, like 5/6 = 2/6 + 3/6, with denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.
4.NR.2.5
Explain and show how to rewrite a mixed number as a fraction greater than 1 and back again, like 2 1/3 = 7/3, with denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.
4.NR.2.6
Compare fractions and mixed numbers using 0, 1/2 and 1 as benchmarks and a comparison sign, with like or unlike denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 25, 50 or 100.

Patterns, Algebra, and Functional Reasoning

12 standards
4.PAFR.1.1
Add and subtract whole numbers up to 100,000 accurately using a strategy, like the standard algorithm, and explain why the answer is right.
4.PAFR.1.2
Multiply a one-digit number by a multiple of 10 from 10 to 90 or of 100 from 100 to 900 using place value, like 6 × 70 = 420 and 4 × 300 = 1,200.
4.PAFR.1.3
Multiply up to four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers, and two-digit by two-digit numbers, by splitting them by place value, like 23 × 14 = 20 × 14 + 3 × 14.
4.PAFR.1.4
Divide numbers up to four digits by a one-digit number, with or without a remainder, using a strategy, and explain why the answer works.
4.PAFR.2.1
Add and subtract fractions with like denominators using a strategy and explain why the answer is reasonable, with denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 25 or 100.
4.PAFR.2.2
Add and subtract tenths and hundredths by rewriting them as equal fractions or decimals, including mixed numbers and fractions over 1, like 3/10 + 45/100 = 75/100.
4.PAFR.2.3
Show and find a whole number times a unit fraction, like 5 × 1/4 = 5/4, with denominators 2 to 6, 8, 10, 12, 25 or 100.
4.PAFR.2.4
Explain a fraction as equal sharing, where the top number is split into the bottom number of equal parts, like 3/4 as 3 pizzas shared by 4 people.
4.PAFR.3.1
List every factor pair of a whole number from 1 to 50 and decide whether the number is prime or composite, like 21 = 3 × 7 being composite.
4.PAFR.3.2
Use a function table or a real-life setting to describe a rule-based number pattern and extend it, like adding 3 each time to get 4, 7, 10, 13.
4.PAFR.3.3
Solve real-life comparison problems with times as many, like a tree 4 times as tall as a 6-foot fence, and write an equation with a letter for the unknown.
4.PAFR.3.4
Solve two-step real-life problems with any of the four operations and whole number answers, writing an equation with a letter for the unknown in any position.

The official South Carolina documents

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