Grade 4 Math Question Stem Bank:
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4.MD.2
Cam began reading his book at 12:30. It
Carter swam 4 laps in the pool. Each
Toby needs to purchase tickets to the
2 Use the four operations
took him 3 1/4 hours to complete the book.
lap took him 45 seconds. Jake also
circus for his family. He has $220.00
to solve word problems
What time did he finish reading his book?
swam 4 laps and it took him 120
and each tickets costs $22.00. Does
involving distances,
intervals of time, liquid
seconds all together. How much faster
he have enough to buy tickets for his
volumes, masses of
was Jake?
family of 9? Explain how you found
objects, and money,
your answer.
including problems
involving simple fractions
Steven took his kids to the doctor for
or decimals, and
their check up. Tessa was 31/2 feet tall,
problems that require
expressing measurement
Tristan was 2 meters tall and Callie was
quantities using diagrams
22 inches tall. Put the kids in order from
such as number line
shortest to tallest.
diagrams that feature a
measurement scale.
4.MD.3 Apply the area
Determine the area. (or perimeter)
The library added a new nonfiction
The rectangular boat dock at Avery’s
and perimeter formulas
section that measured 13 ft by 12 ft.
house is 20 square feet. The longer
for rectangles in real
What is the area of the new nonfiction
side measures 5 ft. The boat dock at
world and mathematical
problems. For example,
section?
the lake is twice as long and twice as
find the width of a
wide.
rectangular room given
the area of the flooring
1. Draw and label Avery’s boat dock.
and the length, by
What is the perimeter?
viewing the area formula
2. Draw and label the boat dock at the
as a multiplication
equation with an
lake. What is the perimeter?
unknown factor.
* It may be appropriate to read some of the longer problems out loud especially with lower readers
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