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Virginia Standards

4th Grade Math SOL

All 18 Virginia math standards for 4th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Virginia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

18 standards

Number and Number Sense

5 standards
4.NS.1
Read and write whole numbers up to nine digits, and tell each digit's place and value, like the 3 in 734,201,965 standing for 30,000,000.
4.NS.2
Compare two whole numbers of up to seven digits with words or symbols, and order up to four of them from least to greatest or the reverse.
4.NS.3
Compare, order and find equivalent fractions and mixed numbers with denominators to 12, using benchmarks like 1/2, and write a division like 3 ÷ 5 as 3/5.
4.NS.4
Read, write and model decimals to the thousandths, give each digit's place and value, and compare and order up to four decimals, like 0.4 > 0.385.
4.NS.5
Write fractions in halves, fourths, fifths, tenths and hundredths as decimals and back, like 3/4 = 0.75 and 1.2 = 1 1/5, using models to show they are equal.

Computation and Estimation

4 standards
4.CE.1
Add and subtract whole numbers up to 10,000 with the standard algorithm, round to estimate, and solve one-step and multistep story problems with numbers up to 1,000,000.
4.CE.2
Know facts through 12 × 12 by heart, multiply 3-digit by 1-digit or 2-digit by 2-digit numbers, divide by 1-digit numbers, explain remainders, and list factor pairs.
4.CE.3
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators to 12, simplify the result, and multiply a whole number up to 12 by a unit fraction, like 6 × 1/3.
4.CE.4
Estimate and find sums and differences of decimals to the thousandths, with and without models, and use them to solve one-step and multistep word problems.

Measurement and Geometry

6 standards
4.MG.1
Choose customary or metric units, estimate and measure length to the 1/8 inch or millimeter, weight and liquid volume, and convert customary units like yards to feet.
4.MG.2
Find start times, end times or elapsed time in hours and minutes in one-step and multistep problems, including spans that cross from a.m. to p.m.
4.MG.3
Build and use area and perimeter formulas for rectangles and squares with whole-number sides, and show rectangles with equal perimeters but different areas.
4.MG.4
Draw points, lines, segments, rays and angles with a ruler, name them with symbols, and find parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines in shapes.
4.MG.5
Sort parallelograms, rectangles, squares, rhombi and trapezoids by parallel sides, perpendicular sides, equal sides and right angles, and mark those features on drawings.
4.MG.6
Name cubes, rectangular prisms, square pyramids, spheres, cones and cylinders, describe them by faces, edges and vertices, and compare them with flat shapes.

Probability and Statistics

2 standards
4.PS.1
Pose a question, gather up to 10 data points, plot them on a titled line graph, and read it to describe changes over time, draw conclusions and solve problems.
4.PS.2
Describe chances with words from impossible to certain, list all outcomes of a simple event with up to 24 outcomes, and write a probability as a fraction from 0 to 1.

Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

1 standard
4.PFA.1
Find the add, subtract or multiply rule in a growing or shrinking pattern, extend it or fill in missing terms, and build patterns from a rule in input/output tables.

The official Virginia documents

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