About this book
Give your fourth grader the confidence to succeed on the Missouri MAP Grade 4 Math test.
This Smart Stars practice book provides five full-length, standards-aligned practice tests that mirror the length, item mix, and on-screen experience of the real Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Grade-Level Assessment in Mathematics. Every question was written by experienced educators, reviewed for accuracy, and built around the Missouri Learning Standards for Mathematics at Grade 4.
Take a look inside
The MAP Grade-Level Assessment is given to Missouri public-school students each spring in Grades 3-8.
- Delivery: a program of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), delivered by Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) on the DRC INSIGHT platform.
- Format: Grade 4 math is given in three sessions; Sessions 1 and 2 hold selected-response and technology-enhanced questions, and Session 3 holds two longer Performance Events.
- Tools at Grade 4: taken without a calculator (calculators are not allowed in Grades 3-5; a ruler and a protractor are provided when needed — Grade 4 is the first grade that measures angles with a protractor).
- Length: the test is worth 48 points and also slips in a few unscored “field-test” questions that look exactly like the rest.
- Each practice test here: 48 questions per test — 44 that count (worth 48 points: 42 single-point questions plus two 3-point Performance Events) plus 4 unmarked field-test-style questions — for 240 questions in all, to build true test-day endurance.
What’s inside
- Five full-length practice tests, each given in three no-calculator sessions, with detailed Answers and Explanations immediately after every test
- Coverage of every Grade 4 math standard across all five Missouri Learning Standards areas — Number Sense & Operations in Base Ten, Number Sense & Operations in Fractions, Relationships & Algebraic Thinking, Geometry & Measurement, and Data & Statistics — weighted to match the MAP test blueprint, where fractions form the largest single content strand and Geometry, Measurement & Data together make up the largest reporting category
- Two hand-scored Performance Events per test (worth 3 points each), with model “exemplary responses” and the 3-point/2-point/1-point scoring notes, just like the real test’s constructed-response section
- Field-test-style questions blended invisibly and unmarked into each test, exactly as the MAP embeds its own unscored field-test questions, and fully answered here so nothing on test day feels unfamiliar
- Practice in every MAP item format: multiple choice, multiple select (“select two”), type-in (fill-in-the-box) numeric answers, constructed-response Performance Events, and figure-based questions — line plots, frequency tables, angles, protractor reads, area and perimeter figures, and fraction models — with the online drag-and-drop, drop-down, and hot-spot items rendered as clear print equivalents
- A combined Quick Answer Key at the back of the book for fast self-grading
- A family letter, a test-taking tips section, and the Grades 3-5 Mathematics Reference Sheet (the same conversions and area/volume formulas students receive on test day) up front
Topics covered
- Place value to one million: reading, writing, comparing, and rounding multi-digit whole numbers, and understanding that a digit represents ten times the place to its right
- Multi-digit addition and subtraction, multiplying up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and two two-digit numbers, and dividing four-digit numbers by a one-digit number with remainders, all in real-world word problems
- Fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 100: equivalent fractions, comparing and ordering, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, and multiplying a fraction by a whole number
- Decimals to hundredths: decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 and 100, and comparing decimals
- Factors and multiples, prime and composite numbers, multiplicative comparison, multi-step word problems, and generating and analyzing number patterns
- Geometry: points, lines, rays, angles, perpendicular and parallel lines, classifying two-dimensional shapes, and lines of symmetry
- Measuring angles in whole-number degrees with a protractor, converting measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit, and finding area and perimeter
- Reading and analyzing data on frequency tables and line plots, including range and mode
How the MAP is scored
- Missouri reports each student in one of four achievement levels — Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, or Advanced — and a student who reaches Proficient or above meets the grade-level expectation, while Advanced shows above-grade mastery
- Mathematics is reported on a scale score that spans Grades 3-8, ranging from 185 to 660
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 MAP item mix, 48-point scored structure, three-session no-calculator design with two Performance Events, and the unmarked field-test questions on the real test.
- Built for Missouri: Aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards in Mathematics and the MAP Grade-Level test blueprint, weighted toward fractions and geometry-measurement-data just like the real Grade 4 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.
- 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.
