Learning Goals for 4th Grade Math
Common Core State Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
4.OA.A.1 I can interpret multiplication as “times as many.”
4.OA.A.2 I can distinguish multiplication from additive comparison in word problems.
4.OA.A.3 I can solve number sentences involving multiple operations. I can solve multi-step word problems using number sentences. I can interpret remainders in division problems. I can estimate to assess reasonableness of answers.
Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
4.OA.B.4 I can list factors pairs for numbers 1 to 100. I can recognize factors and multiples. I can recognize prime and composite numbers.
Generate and analyze patterns.
4.OA.C.5 I can complete number patterns. I can generate number or shape patterns from rules. I can identify and explain features of patterns.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
4.NBT.A.1 I can relate place value to multiplication and division by 10.
4.NBT.A.2 I can convert between standard and expanded forms of whole numbers. I can compare whole numbers up to 1 million.
4.NBT.A.3 I can round multi-digit whole numbers to any place. I can add and subtract whole numbers using place-value concepts.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
4.NBT.B.4 I can add multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. I can subtract multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.
4.NBT.B.5 I can multiply 2-digit by 1-digit numbers using place value and/or models. I can multiply 3- and 4-digit by 1-digit numbers using place value and/or models. I can multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers using place value and/or models using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
4.NBT.B.6 I can relate division and multiplication. I can divide 2-digit dividends by 1-digit divisors using place value and/or models. I can divide 3- and 4-digit dividends by 1-digit divisors using place value and/or models using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Number and Operations-Fractions
Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
4.NF.A.1 I can identify equivalent fractions using models. I can write fractions equivalent to a given fraction.
4.NF.A.2 I can compare fractions by rewriting them with a common denominator. I can compare fractions by using models. I can compare fractions by comparing to benchmarks.
Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
4.NF.B.3 I can decompose fractions and mixed numbers, and write as equations. I can add and subtract fractions with like denominators. I can add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators. I can add and subtract fractions to solve word problems. I can decompose a non-unit fraction as a whole number times a unit fraction.
4.NF.B.4 I can multiply fractions by whole numbers.
Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
4.NF.C.5 I can express fractions in tenths as hundredths. I can add fractions in tenths and hundredths.
4.NF.C.6 I can convert between decimals and fractions in tenths or hundredths.
4.NF.C.7 I can locate decimals on a number line. I can compare two decimals to hundredths.
Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
4.MD.A.1 I can compare measurement units and convert from larger to smaller units. I can create or complete tables of equivalent measurements (within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec.)
4.MD.A.2 I can solve problems involving distance, time, and elapsed time. I can solve problems involving capacity (liquid volume) and weight (mass). I can solve problems involving money. I can represent measurements on number line diagrams.
4.MD.A.3 I can solve problems involving area or rectangles. I can solve problems involving perimeter of rectangles.
Represent and interpret data.
4.MD.B.4 I can make line plots using data including fractions. I can solve problems involving data shown on a line plot.
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
4.MD.C.5 I can relate degrees to fractions of a circle.
4.MD.C.6 I can measure and draw angles using a protractor.
4.MD.C.7 I can solve problems involving angle measurements.
Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
4.G.A.1 I can identify and draw points, lines, and line segments.
4.G.A.2 I can identify and draw parallel and perpendicular lines.
4.G.A.3 I can identify and draw rays and acute, right, and obtuse angles. I can recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure.