Grade 4 Math Question Stem Bank:
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Standards for Mathematical Practice
4.NF.B.3
U nderstand a
Decompose each fraction two different
Gavin collected honey from his 4
Avery had 4 cups of milk. He
fraction a / b with a > 1 as a
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ways.
beehives. The first two hives he
used
o f a cup in his cereal, he
sum of fractions 1/ b . A.
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Understand addition and
collected
g allon of honey. Then he
1
3
5
=
subtraction of fractions as
used
o f a cup in his pancake
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1
joining and separating
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collected
o ut of his third hive and
4
4
parts referring to the same
mix and he
d rank
o f a cup.
5
1
whole.
from his last hive. How much
Avery still wants to make pudding
5
3
=
2
honey did Gavin collect in all?
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which
r equires
o f a cup
o f
3
milk. Will Avery have enough milk
left? Explain using numbers and
.
words
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3
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Draw a model of
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4.NF.4 Apply and extend
Solve.
There are 12 kids at the pizza party.
Multiply and solve 4 x
= ____
4
previous understandings of
1
Then represent the solution as:
multiplication to multiply a
If each kid eats
o f a pizza then how
3
fraction by a whole
● an area model
1
6 x =
many will they need to order?
number. a. Understand a
● on a number line
2
fraction a/b as a multiple of
1
24 x =
● an equation
1/b. b. Understand a
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multiple of a/b as a
multiple of 1/b, and use
2
Ally ate of the 12 donuts. How
this understanding to
3
multiply a fraction by a
many donuts did she eat?
whole number.c. Solve
word problems involving
multiplication of a fraction
by a whole number
* It may be appropriate to read some of the longer problems out loud especially with lower readers
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