Give your fourth grader the confidence to succeed on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Mathematics assessment.
This book contains five full-length practice tests (200 questions total) aligned to the 2023 Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning for Grade 4 and designed to match the format, difficulty, and content of the real Grade 4 SOL exam. (This includes the extra field-test questions that appear on the actual SOL exam, so each practice test mirrors the true item count and helps your child build real-world test “endurance” for the full sitting.)
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
How to use this book: Take one test at a time under realistic conditions (about 90 minutes in a quiet space). Pause briefly at the mid-test seal-code break after Question 20, then continue. Score the test with the quick answer key, then review every explanation: even for questions answered correctly. Space the five tests over several weeks for the best results.
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