What’s inside

• 5 complete 42-question practice tests (210 questions total)
• Single untimed session per test, mirroring the live WVGSA: no calculator and no reference sheet, exactly as on test day
• A mix of item types that match the live Cambium test platform: multiple choice, “Select ALL” multi-select, and equation-editor (typed numeric) responses
• Detailed answer explanations for every question: not just the correct letter, but step-by-step reasoning that builds real understanding
• Item types, names, and contexts varied across all 5 tests, so students never see the same problem twice in the same slot
• Reporting categories grouped exactly as on the official test: Operations & Algebraic Thinking; Number & Operations in Base Ten and Fractions; Measurement, Data & Geometry
• A parent letter with test-taking tips and a Smart Stars Reference Chart of measurement conversions (since WVGSA does not provide a reference sheet at Grade 4, this serves as a study aid to review before testing)
• A quick-reference answer key for all five tests for fast scoring

Topics covered

• Multiplicative comparison: interpreting equations and solving word problems with “times as many”
• Multi-step word problems with the four operations, including division with remainders
• Factors and multiples in the range 1:100
• Identifying prime and composite numbers
• Generating number patterns from one-step and two-step rules
• Function-machine reasoning, including reverse function machines
• Place-value understanding to the hundred-thousands, including 10-times relationships
• Reading, writing, comparing, ordering, and expanding multi-digit whole numbers
• Rounding multi-digit whole numbers to any place
• Multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Multi-digit multiplication (up to four-digit by one-digit, and two-digit by two-digit)
• Long division (up to four-digit by one-digit), with and without remainders
• Equivalent fractions and comparing fractions with different denominators
• Benchmark fractions and ordering three or more fractions
• Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, including regrouping
• Multiplying a fraction by a whole number
• Adding fractions with denominators 10 and 100
• Decimal notation for fractions; decimal place value to hundredths
• Comparing decimals to hundredths, including comparing across fraction and decimal forms
• Customary and metric measurement conversions (length, capacity, mass, time)
• Word problems involving measurement, time, money, and elapsed time
• Area and perimeter of rectangles and composite figures
• Line plots with fractional measurements (halves, fourths, eighths)
• Classifying angles by measure (acute, right, obtuse, straight)
• Measuring angles in whole-number degrees with a protractor
• Angle addition: decomposed angles on straight lines and right angles
• Identifying parallel and perpendicular lines; classifying quadrilaterals

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Written by experienced educators who study West Virginia’s official WVGSA specifications and released items
• Every question mirrors what students will see on test day: no surprises in format, content, or rigor
• Explanations teach the “why,” not just the “what,” so students learn from every mistake
• Item types and contexts varied across the five tests: just like a real exam, every question feels fresh
• Each practice test mixes the operational scored items with the unlabeled field-test items West Virginia embeds on the live test, so students practice the real 42-item endurance load

The Forward Exam is the test the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) gives to every public-school student in Grades 3-8 each spring. It is delivered online by Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) as an untimed, fixed-form test, given in two sessions, with paper and braille forms available as accommodations. The Grade 4 math test uses no calculator and no reference sheet, and it blends single-answer multiple choice with multiple-select (“select the two”), type-in answers, ordering, two-part questions, and technology-enhanced tasks. On the test a student answers about 42 scored questions, with 8 unscored field-test questions mixed in invisibly, 50 in all across two sessions of 25. Each practice test here follows that same shape: 42 scored-style questions plus 8 field-test-style questions, 50 in all, for 250 questions across the book: to build true test-day endurance.

What’s inside

• Five full-length practice tests of 50 questions each, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
• Coverage of every Grade 4 math area the Forward Exam reports (Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations) Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry: weighted toward the Fractions work that carries the most questions, just like the real blueprint
• Field-test-style questions blended invisibly into each test, just like the real Forward Exam, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
• Practice in every Forward item format rendered for paper: multiple choice, multiple select (“select the two”), type-in/fill-in answers, ordering (“least to greatest”), two-part questions, matching, line plots, area models, number lines, lines of symmetry, and protractor angle measurement
• Every explanation walks through the reasoning step by step and ends with a labeled Tip, Check, or Estimate (with a Strategy on the multi-step questions), so students learn the move, not just the answer
• A combined Quick Answer Key in the back for fast self-grading
• A family letter and a test-taking tips section up front
• A built-in difficulty ramp: the later tests lean on more multi-step, multi-select, two-part, and protractor reasoning: so students stretch toward the Advanced level

Topics covered

• Place value through the hundred-thousands, and reading, writing, comparing, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers, including standard and expanded form
• Multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping, and multi-step word problems
• Multiplying up to three-digit numbers by one digit, including the area-model method, and dividing with remainders that must be interpreted
• “Times as many” multiplicative comparison, writing comparison equations, factors and multiples, prime and composite numbers, and number and shape patterns
• Equivalent fractions, comparing and ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, and multiplying a fraction by a whole number
• Decimal notation for tenths and hundredths, and comparing decimals
• Measurement and unit conversion (feet to inches, hours to minutes, kilometers to meters), area and perimeter including composite figures, and line plots marked in fourths
• Measuring and recognizing angles, additive angle measure, and measuring an angle with a protractor
• Points, lines, rays, and angles; classifying triangles and quadrilaterals; and identifying lines of symmetry

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Educator-authored. Every question is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators.
• Mirrors test day. Each practice test matches the official Forward Exam shape, item mix, question formats, and no-calculator, no-reference-sheet policy, with field-test questions blended in invisibly just like the real test.
• Built for Wisconsin. Aligned to the Wisconsin Standards for Mathematics (2021) at Grade 4, with grade-appropriate real-world Wisconsin contexts and a diverse cast of student names.
• Explanations teach the why. Every Answers and Explanations entry shows the full worked solution, then a labeled closing Tip, Check, or Estimate (and a Strategy on multi-step problems) so students learn the reasoning.
• Varied and graduated. Slot positions, contexts, names, and number choices rotate test-to-test, and the five tests step up in difficulty: the later tests lean on more multi-step, multi-select, two-part, and protractor reasoning: so no two feel like the same practice run.

WY-TOPP (the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress) is the test the Wyoming Department of Education gives to every public-school student in Grades 3-10. It is delivered online as an untimed, computer-adaptive test, with paper forms available as an accommodation. The spring administration is the one that counts toward grade-level results. The Grade 4 math test uses no calculator and no reference sheet, and it blends single-answer multiple choice with multiple-select (“select the two”), type-in answers, and technology-enhanced questions. Because the real test is computer-adaptive, the number of questions varies from student to student, so each practice test here provides a steady 32 questions: 24 scored-style plus 8 field-test-style, 160 in all across the book: to build true test-day endurance.

What’s inside

• Five full-length practice tests, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
• Coverage of every Grade 4 math area on the Wyoming blueprint: Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations-Fractions, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, and Geometry: weighted toward the Fractions and Base Ten work that carries the most questions, just like the real blueprint
• Field-test-style questions blended invisibly into each test, just like the real WY-TOPP, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
• Every explanation walks through the reasoning step by step and ends with a labeled Tip, Check, or Estimate (with a Strategy on the multi-step questions), so students learn the move, not just the answer
• A combined Quick Answer Key after each test for fast self-grading

Topics covered

• Place value, and reading, writing, comparing, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers, including standard and expanded form and the value of a digit
• Multi-digit multiplication, including up to four-digit by one-digit and two-digit by two-digit, using area models
• Division with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, including remainders
• Multi-step word problems, including problems where a remainder must be interpreted, and using rounding and estimation to judge whether an answer is reasonable
• Equivalent fractions, and comparing and ordering fractions with unlike denominators using benchmarks and common denominators
• Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, including regrouping
• Comparing and ordering decimals
• Area and perimeter of rectangles, including finding an unknown side and composite (L-shaped) figures
• Classifying two-dimensional figures by their parallel and perpendicular sides and their angles, and identifying right, acute, and obtuse triangles

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Educator-authored. Every question is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators.
• Mirrors test day. Each practice test matches the official WY-TOPP shape, item mix, question formats, and no-calculator, no-reference-sheet policy, with field-test questions blended in invisibly just like the real test.
• Explanations teach the why. Every Answers and Explanations entry shows the full worked solution, then a labeled closing Tip, Check, or Estimate (and a Strategy on multi-step problems) so students learn the reasoning.

BUILT THE WAY THE REAL TEST IS BUILT. The test runs in three sessions of fifteen questions, and the numbering starts again at 1 in every session: so a child sees “1” three times in one sitting. Every test here does the same. Practiced only on continuous numbering, a student meets that first on test day.

MOST QUESTIONS ARRIVE IN SETS. 180 of the 225 sit in one of 45 sets: each opening with a passage, data table, diagram, or model, then four questions about it. The other 45 stand alone, the mix Wisconsin uses: the information is in front of the student, and the work is deciding what it means.

NOT ONE QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED FROM MEMORY. Every item asks a child to use what is given. Of the 225 questions, 78 sit at Depth of Knowledge level 2 and 147 at level 3: not a single level 1 recall question, because the real test has none.

A FULL SITTING, AND NO WASTED QUESTIONS. A real Grade 4 form runs 45 questions but only 40 of them count. The other five are field-test questions: items being tried out for future tests, which look exactly like the rest, so a student cannot tell which is which. That is why the sitting runs 45 while Wisconsin scores it out of 40, its four categories carrying 8 to 12 points each. Each test here is the same 45-question sitting, so practice runs the true length and your child builds the stamina for it: the difference being that all 45 here are scored-style questions with full explanations, so no practice time goes on a question that would not have counted.

What’s inside

• The same category balance on every test: 12 Life Science, 12 Physical Science, 12 Earth and Space Science, 9 Engineering
• 188 four-choice questions, 22 “choose two,” and 15 two-part questions asking for the evidence behind the answer: the three types Wisconsin uses. No written response, because the test has none. Engineering is folded into the other sets, never given its own reading
• 43 original data tables and 16 original diagrams (sound waves, rock layers, a beaver dam, a fox listening for a vole under snow) drawn to be measured, not decorated
• Wrong answers are real fourth-grade mistakes, so a wrong choice tells you what to reteach
• Wisconsin settings named throughout: Neenah, Baraboo, Portage, Viroqua, Rhinelander, Menomonie, Muscoda, the Kickapoo and Chippewa Rivers, Vilas County, the Driftless Area
• A family letter, seven test-specific tips, a Grade 4 Science Study Reference, and a Quick Answer Key

Topics covered

• LIFE SCIENCE: animal and plant structures and the jobs they do; how animals take in information and act: echolocation, alarm calls, a tongue that reads scent; inherited versus learned behavior; surviving a Wisconsin winter
• PHYSICAL SCIENCE: energy of motion and stored energy; transfer through friction and burning; heat moving warm to cool; sound as vibration, with loudness from wave height and pitch from spacing; light, shadow, reflection, and color; signals sent over distance
• EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: the glaciers that shaped the state and the Driftless Area they missed; erosion and deposition; rock layers and fossils; Wisconsin water from cranberry marshes to the spring melt; natural hazards and resources
• ENGINEERING: defining a problem before designing; fair comparisons; choosing what to measure; judging whether a design worked

What’s inside

• Five complete full-length Reading Language Arts practice tests, 41 items each, with detailed answer explanations after every test
• Authentic STAAR question types: multiple choice, multi-select, and short constructed response
• A mix of literary, informational, paired-passage, drama, and poetry selections
• Text-evidence answer explanations for every question, each with a labeled follow-up note (Strategy, Tip, Reading move, or Big idea)
• Short constructed response items with sample exemplar answers, and a Quick Answer Key for fast scoring
• Comprehension skills: inferring, summarizing, synthesizing, and monitoring understanding
• Response skills and text-evidence support
• Literary elements across genres: theme, setting, plot, character, and point of view
• Genre-specific reading: fiction, drama, poetry, informational, and argumentative texts
• Author’s purpose and craft, including figurative language and text structure
• Vocabulary in context, including dictionary-entry items

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Written by experienced educators who study Texas’s official STAAR specifications and released items
• Every question mirrors what students will see on test day, with no surprises
• Explanations teach the “why” behind every answer, so students learn from every mistake
• Closest-to-the-real-test format: passage lengths, question stems, and answer choices modeled on released STAAR items

What’s inside

• Five full-length practice tests of 32 questions each, with detailed answer explanations after every test
• All STAAR question types: multiple choice, multi-select, and gridded responses
• Detailed step-by-step answer explanations for every question, with verification checks
• STAAR Reference Materials reproduced at the front of the book
• A Quick Answer Key for fast scoring
• Tests that step up in difficulty: Test 1 is the gentlest warm-up and Test 5 is the most challenging

Topics covered

• Place value, expanded form, and rounding for whole numbers and decimals
• Multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Fractions: equivalence, comparison, addition, subtraction, and decomposition
• Decimals to the hundredths place
• Customary and metric measurement and conversions
• Perimeter, area, and classification of two-dimensional shapes
• Two-step word problems and algebraic reasoning
• Data interpretation: bar graphs, dot plots, frequency tables, and stem-and-leaf plots
• Time, money, and elapsed time

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Educator-authored. Every question is written and reviewed by experienced educators, including former classroom teachers and university instructors.
• The most thorough explanations available. Every correct answer is walked through step by step, with verification checks, so students understand why the answer is correct.
• Closest-to-test format. Length, layout, item types, and rigor are modeled on the operational STAAR exam, so test day feels familiar.
• Varied and graduated. Contexts, names, and number choices rotate test to test, and the five tests step up in difficulty so no two feel the same.

This 10-test edition combines five full-length Mathematics practice tests and five full-length Reading Language Arts practice tests in a single volume. That is 365 questions total, all aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Grade 4 and modeled on the format, difficulty, and content of the real STAAR exams. Buying the two subjects together saves families money and keeps your child’s complete STAAR preparation in one place.

What’s inside

• 5 full-length Mathematics practice tests (32 questions each: 160 math questions total)
• 5 full-length Reading Language Arts practice tests (41 items each: 205 RLA items total)
• Detailed, step-by-step answer explanations for every Math question
• Text-evidence answer explanations for every Reading question, with a labeled follow-up note (Strategy, Tip, Reading move, or Big idea) that helps your child transfer the lesson
• A Grade 4 STAAR Mathematics Reference Materials sheet at the front of the math section, just like the one provided on test day
• A parent letter with test-taking tips for both Math and RLA
• A Quick Answer Key for each subject for fast scoring
• Tests progress in rigor across the five-test arc in each subject
• Place value through 1,000,000,000; comparing and ordering whole numbers
• Multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication (up to 4-digit by 1-digit and 2-digit by 2-digit), and division (up to 4-digit by 1-digit) using the standard algorithm
• Decimals to the hundredths place: representing, comparing, and adding/subtracting
• Fractions: equivalence, comparison, and addition/subtraction with like denominators (denominators up to 100)
• Multiplicative comparison and two-step word problems
• Angle measurement and classification; perpendicular and parallel lines
• Perimeter and area of rectangles; classifying 2D shapes
• Customary and metric measurement and conversions (length, weight, capacity, time)
• Bar graphs, dot plots, frequency tables, and stem-and-leaf plots
• Personal financial literacy: fixed and variable expenses, balanced budgets
• Literary text including drama (play-script passages), poetry, and prose
• Informational text: central idea, organizational patterns, text features
• Paired selections that require comparing two passages
• Vocabulary in context, including dictionary-entry items
• Multi-select items, short constructed responses (SCRs), and one extended constructed response (ECR) per test
• Revising and editing: capitalization, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, sentence structure, and conventions of standard English

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Written by experienced educators who study Texas’s official STAAR specifications and released items
• Every question mirrors what students will see on test day: no surprises
• Explanations teach the “why,” not just the “what,” so students learn from every mistake
• Both subjects in one book: your child can build math fluency and reading stamina side by side

VTCAP (the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program) is the test the Vermont Agency of Education gives to every public-school student in Grades 3-9. It is delivered by Cognia as an untimed, computer-adaptive test, with paper forms available as an accommodation. The spring administration is the one that counts toward grade-level results. The Grade 4 math test uses no calculator and no reference sheet, is given in two sessions, and blends single-answer multiple choice with multiple-select (“select the two”), type-in answers, drop-down and table questions, and longer written-response questions that ask students to show their work and explain their thinking. On the test a student answers 37 scored questions, with a few unscored field-test questions mixed in invisibly. Each practice test here follows that same shape: 37 scored-style questions plus 6 field-test-style questions, 43 in all, for 215 questions across the book: to build true test-day endurance.

What’s inside

• Five full-length practice tests, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
• Coverage of every Grade 4 math area Vermont reports (Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry) weighted toward the Operations and Fractions work that carries the most questions, just like the real blueprint
• Written-response (constructed-response) questions like the ones on the real test, each with a full sample answer and a point-by-point look at how the two scoring traits (the math (Concepts and Procedures) and the reasoning (Mathematical Practices)) earn credit
• Field-test-style questions blended invisibly into each test, just like the real VTCAP, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
• Practice in every VTCAP item format rendered for paper: multiple choice, multiple select (“select the two”), type-in/fill-in answers, drop-down and matching-table questions, two- and three-part written-response questions, number lines, line plots, area models, decimal grids, protractor angles, and figure-based geometry
• Every explanation walks through the reasoning step by step and ends with a labeled Tip, Check, or Estimate (with a Strategy on the multi-step questions), so students learn the move, not just the answer
• A combined Quick Answer Key for fast self-grading
• A family letter, a test-taking tips section, and a Grade 4 math study reference page up front: included as a study aid, since the real VTCAP provides no reference sheet at Grade 4
• No-calculator practice throughout, matching the official VTCAP Grade 3-5 policy

Topics covered

• Place value through the hundred-thousands; reading, writing, comparing, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers in standard, expanded, and word form, and the way each place is worth ten times the one to its right
• Multi-digit addition and subtraction with the standard algorithm, including missing-digit problems
• Multiplying whole numbers up to four digits by a one-digit number, and two two-digit numbers, using area models and place value
• Dividing up to four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers and interpreting remainders, using area models
• “Times as many” multiplicative comparison, multi-step word problems, and equations with a letter standing for the unknown
• Factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers, and number and shape patterns
• Equivalent fractions; comparing fractions with different numerators and denominators; adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators; multiplying a fraction by a whole number
• Decimal notation for tenths and hundredths, and comparing decimals with models and place value
• Line plots marked in halves, fourths, and eighths, and solving problems from the data
• Area and perimeter of rectangles, including finding an unknown side and composite (L-shaped) figures
• Measurement conversions within one system (kilometers, meters, centimeters; kilograms, grams; liters, milliliters; hours, minutes; feet, inches) and multi-step measurement and money problems
• Angles: measuring and drawing angles with a protractor, angle measure as a fraction of a circle, and adding adjacent angles to find an unknown angle
• Points, lines, rays, and angle types (acute, right, obtuse); classifying two-dimensional figures by parallel and perpendicular sides and by angles; and lines of symmetry

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Educator-authored. Every question is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators.
• Mirrors test day. Each practice test matches the official VTCAP shape, item mix, question formats: including the hand-scored written-response questions: and no-calculator policy, with field-test questions blended in invisibly just like the real test.
• Built for Vermont. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics at Grade 4 as assessed by VTCAP, with grade-appropriate real-world contexts and a diverse cast of student names.
• Explanations teach the why. Every Answers and Explanations entry shows the full worked solution, then a labeled closing Tip, Check, or Estimate (and a Strategy on multi-step problems) so students learn the reasoning.
• Varied and graduated. Slot positions, contexts, names, and number choices rotate test-to-test, and the five tests step up in difficulty: the later tests lean on more multi-step, multi-select, and written-response reasoning: so no two feel like the same practice run.

What’s inside

• 5 complete 40-question practice tests
• Format that mirrors test day: a mid-test seal-code break after Question 20 separates the test, with a 4-function calculator available as it would be on the real exam
• Detailed answer explanations for every question: not just the correct letter, but step-by-step reasoning that builds real understanding
• Item types, names, and units varied across all 5 tests, so students never see the same problem twice in the same slot
• A parent letter with test-taking tips and a customary-units reference sheet
• A quick-reference answer key for fast scoring

Topics covered

• Place value through hundred millions (whole numbers up to nine digits)
• Reading, writing, comparing, ordering, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers
• Decimals through thousandths: naming, comparing, and rounding
• Fraction-decimal equivalence (halves, fourths, fifths, tenths, hundredths)
• Fractions and mixed numbers with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12
• Comparing and ordering fractions and decimals using number lines and equivalent forms
• Multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Multiplication and division facts through 12 × 12
• Multi-digit multiplication: 3-digit × 1-digit and 2-digit × 2-digit
• Multi-digit division with and without remainders, including remainder interpretation
• Adding and subtracting like-denominator fractions and mixed numbers (with regrouping)
• Adding and subtracting decimals through thousandths
• Whole number times unit fraction in real-world contexts
• Customary unit conversions: length, weight, and liquid volume
• Length to the nearest eighth of an inch
• Elapsed time crossing a.m./p.m.
• Area and perimeter of rectangles and squares, including same-area-different-perimeter reasoning
• Composite figure area by decomposition
• Points, rays, lines, line segments, parallel and perpendicular lines, angle types
• Quadrilateral classification (parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, trapezoid)
• Solid figures (cube, rectangular prism, square pyramid, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangular prism)
• Probability of simple events expressed as a fraction
• Reading line graphs (max, min, range, sum, trend, change between data points)
• Identifying and applying patterns: arithmetic, multiplicative, recursive rules, function tables

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Written by experienced educators who study Virginia’s official SOL specifications and released items
• Every question mirrors what students will see on test day: no surprises
• Explanations teach the “why,” not just the “what,” so students learn from every mistake
• Item types and contexts varied across the five tests: just like a real exam, every question feels fresh

The Smarter Balanced Math test is given each spring to Washington students in Grades 3-8 (and again in Grade 10), delivered online through the Washington assessment portal operated by Cambium Assessment. It is an untimed test in two parts: a computer-adaptive section, where the questions adjust to each student and are pulled from a large pool, and a Performance Task built around a single real-world set of data. Because the test is adaptive, no two students see exactly the same test, and a real sitting runs about 38 questions: only a slice of everything a fourth grader could be asked, with a few unscored field-test items mixed in that can change the exact count from form to form. This book deliberately uses a clean, slightly fuller 40-question form (a 34-item question section plus a 6-item Performance Task) so your student practices the complete range of question types, math skills, and reporting categories they could meet on test day: field-test items and all. At Grade 4 there is no calculator (calculators begin in Grade 6) and no reference sheet.

What’s inside

• Five full-length practice tests, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
• A Performance Task on every test, built around a real-world set of data, just like the real exam
• Coverage of every Grade 4 math standard across the Smarter Balanced reporting claims: Concepts and Procedures; Problem Solving; Communicating Reasoning; and Modeling and Data Analysis
• Practice in every item format: multiple choice, multiple select, type-in answers, two-part questions, line plots, area models, angle figures, and other figure-based questions
• Every explanation gives a full worked solution plus a labeled Strategy and a Tip, Check, or Estimate, so students learn the reasoning, not just the answer
• A graduated set of tests that step up sharply in difficulty from Test 1 to Test 5, so students build steadily toward the hardest grade-level problems
• Real-world Washington contexts throughout: Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands and orcas, Washington State Ferries, Yakima Valley apple orchards, the Skagit Valley tulip fields, the Cascades, salmon and marmots, and more
• A Grade 4 Math Study Reference Sheet to learn and review between tests (the state does not provide one on test day)
• A combined Quick Answer Key at the back of the book for fast self-grading
• A family letter and a test-taking tips section
• No-calculator, no-reference-sheet practice throughout, matching the official Grade 4 policy

Topics covered

• Place value of multi-digit whole numbers, and reading, writing, and comparing numbers to the hundred-thousands
• Rounding multi-digit whole numbers to any place, from tens to thousands
• Multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Multiplication: multi-digit numbers by a one-digit number, and two-digit by two-digit
• Division of multi-digit numbers by a one-digit number, including interpreting remainders
• Multiplicative comparison (“times as many”) and how it differs from addition
• Two-step and multi-step word problems using the four operations, interpreting remainders, and judging whether an answer is reasonable
• Factors and multiples, and prime and composite numbers
• Number and shape patterns, and the rules that generate them
• Equivalent fractions, and comparing and ordering fractions
• Adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, including regrouping across a whole
• Multiplying a fraction by a whole number
• Decimal notation for fractions with denominators of 10 and 100, and comparing decimals
• Measurement and converting from larger units to smaller units (kilometers to meters, feet to inches, and more)
• Perimeter and area, including composite (L-shaped) figures and finding a missing side
• Line plots with fractional measurements to the nearest quarter and eighth of a unit
• Measuring and adding angles, and recognizing right, acute, obtuse, and straight angles
• Points, lines, line segments, rays, and parallel and perpendicular lines
• Classifying triangles and quadrilaterals, including trapezoids, and identifying lines of symmetry

Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars

• Educator-authored. Every question is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators.
• Mirrors test day. Each practice test matches the official Smarter Balanced format, two-part structure (computer-adaptive section plus Performance Task), item mix, and policy (no calculator and no reference sheet at Grade 4).
• Built for Washington. Aligned to the Washington State K-12 Learning Standards for Mathematics, with a Performance Task on every test.
• Explanations teach the why. Every Answers and Explanations entry gives a full worked solution, then a labeled Strategy and a Tip, Check, or Estimate so students learn the move, not just the answer.
• Varied and graduated. Slot positions, contexts, names, and number choices rotate test-to-test, and the five tests step up in difficulty so no two feel like the same practice run.