Grade 4 Math Question Stem Bank:
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Standards for Mathematical Practice
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Standard
Basic: Remember & Understand
Standard: Apply & Analyze
Expanded: Evaluate & Create
4. NBT.1
Andy’s Number 2 3 _, _ 7 _
Lilly wrote the number 26,4 5 9 .
Write two different numbers with the
Recognize that in a
Joey wrote the number 73, 5 3 6.
Erin’s Number _ 2 3 ,7 _ _
digit 4 in the ten thousands place and
multidigit whole
the hundreds place. How does the
number, a digit in
Which of the digits in Andy’s number
How many times greater is the 5 in Joey’s
value of the 4 in the ten thousands
one place
represents ten
has the value that is 10 times the value
number than the 5 in Lilly’s number? Use
place compare to the value of the 4 in
times what it
of the same digit in Erin’s number?
pictures, numbers, or words to explain
the hundreds place?
represents in the
your thinking.
place to its right.
For example,
2 3 7
recognize that 700
Why does 8,326 have a different value
÷ 70 = 10 by
than 8,236? Explain how you know your
applying concepts
Sam wrote the number 36,462. How
answer is correct.
of place value and
division.
many times greater is the 6 in the
thousands place, than the 6 in the tens
place?
4.NBT.2
Complete the table.
921,382 < 921,832 Is the statement true?
Use the following six digits to create the
Read and write
Explain why or why not.
largest number possible. Explain why
multidigit whole
the number you created is the largest.
numbers using
Numeral
Word
Expanded
baseten numerals,
Form
Form
number names,
5 2 9 7 1 4
and expanded
42,762
form. Compare two
multidigit numbers
based on
5,000+700+40+6
meanings of the
digits in each
place, using >, =,
and < symbols to
6 9 , 742
record the results
* It may be appropriate to read some of the longer problems out loud especially with lower readers
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