Give your fourth grader the confidence to succeed on the Maine Through Year Assessment (MTYA) Grade 4 Math test.
This Smart Stars practice book provides five full-length, standards-aligned practice tests that mirror the length, session structure, and item mix of the real MTYA spring summative assessment in Mathematics. Every question was written by experienced educators, reviewed for accuracy, and built around the Maine Learning Results for Mathematics (the Common Core State Standards for Math) at Grade 4.
The MTYA is part of the Maine Educational Assessment system and is given to Maine public-school students each spring. It is administered for the Maine Department of Education by NWEA, the nonprofit behind MAP Growth, and is delivered as an untimed, computer-adaptive test (with paper forms available as an accommodation). The Grade 4 math test uses no calculator and is machine-scored, mixing single-answer multiple-choice with multiple-select (“select the two”), type-in answers, and two-part questions worth up to two points. On the spring test a student answers about 50 questions: 27 that count toward the score (about 30-31 points), 18 diagnostic growth questions, and a few unscored field-test questions blended invisibly throughout. Each practice test here follows that same shape (50 questions across two sessions, 250 questions in all) to build true test-day endurance.
What’s inside
- Five full-length practice tests, each split into two sessions, with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
- Coverage of every Grade 4 math standard across all five domains (Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations: Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry), weighted toward the fraction and multi-digit number work that carries the most questions at Grade 4
- Field-test-style questions blended invisibly into each test, just like the real MTYA, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
- Practice in every MTYA item format rendered for paper: multiple choice, multiple select (“select the two”), type-in/fill-in answers, two-part questions, “circle the rule” sorting tasks, number lines, line plots, area models, angle and protractor figures, and figure-based geometry questions
- 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 and figure-model items), so students learn the move, not just the answer
- A combined Quick Answer Key after each test for fast self-grading
- A family letter, a test-taking tips section, and a Grade 4 “Conversions and Formulas to Know” study page up front, so all measurement conversions live in one place instead of inside the questions
- No-calculator practice throughout, matching the official MTYA Grade 3-5 policy
A protractor is required. Several Grade 4 angle-measurement questions ask students to read or draw an angle, and the official MTYA provides an on-screen protractor. To practice these the way they appear on test day, have a protractor on hand: and an inch-and-centimeter ruler is helpful for the measurement and line-plot questions.
Topics covered
- Place value to one million, and reading, writing, comparing, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers, including expanded form
- Multi-digit addition and subtraction, including regrouping across zeros
- Multi-digit multiplication, up to four digits by one digit and two digits by two digits, using area models and partial products
- Division of multi-digit numbers by one-digit numbers, with remainders interpreted in context
- Multiplicative comparison (“times as many”) and multi-step word problems with all four operations
- Factors and multiples, and prime and composite numbers
- Number and shape patterns and the rules behind them
- Equivalent fractions, comparing and ordering fractions, and adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, including regrouping
- Multiplying a fraction by a whole number, and decimal notation for tenths and hundredths, and comparing decimals to the hundredths place
- The place-value relationship in which each place is ten times the place to its right
- Converting measurements within one system, from a larger unit to a smaller unit
- Area and perimeter of rectangles and composite (L-shaped) figures, including finding a missing side
- Reading and interpreting line plots marked in fractions of an inch
- Angle measure with a protractor, finding an unknown angle by adding or subtracting, and classifying angles and triangles
- Points, lines, rays, parallel and perpendicular lines, classifying two-dimensional figures, 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 MTYA spring shape, two-session length, machine-scored item mix, and no-calculator policy, with field-test questions blended in invisibly just like the real test.
- Built for Maine. Aligned to the Maine Learning Results for Mathematics (the Common Core State Standards for Math) at Grade 4, 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 and figure-model 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 so no two feel like the same practice run.