4th Grade
Here are all the units that your child will be studying in math in their fourth grade year. Consult with your child's teacher to learn what unit your child is working on at any given time.
Unit 1: Whole Numbers Place Value, Comparison, Addition, and Subtraction
Students can use what they know about place value to read, write, and compare big numbers.
Knowing that each place in a number is ten times larger than the place to its right can help students determine the value of numbers.
Students can also use what they know about place value to round numbers and to add and subtract multi-digit numbers.
Unit 2: Operations Multiplication, Division, and Algebraic Thinking
Students can solve problems involving multiplicative comparisons by using multiplication or division.
Knowing basic multiplication facts will help students find the factors of a number.
Students can use rules to generate or extend a number or shape pattern.
Unit 3: Multi-Digit Operations and Measurement Multiplication, Division, Perimeter, and Area
Students can use what they know about place value to multiply multi-digit numbers.
Students can use what they know about place value to help them divide.
Units of measurement can be divided into smaller units. Knowing how these units relate to one another can help students convert measurements from the larger unit to the smaller unit.
Students can use formulas to find the area and perimeter of rectangles.
Unit 4: Fractions, Decimals, and Measurement Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication
Fractions are numbers that work like whole numbers. Knowing about whole numbers will help students add, subtract, multiply, and compare fractions.
Students can use what they know about whole numbers to show, build, and take apart fractions to solve problems.
Students can also use what they know about fractions to write and compare decimals.
Unit 5: GEometry and Measurement Figures, Classification, and Symmetry
Points, lines, line segments, rays, and angles are geometric figures. Knowing about these figures will help students classify shapes based on their attributes.
Students can use what they know about benchmark angles to estimate the size of an angle, or they can measure the angle accurately with a protractor.
Students can use what they know about angles and parallel and perpendicular lines to classify figures.
