In Grade 4, students build on competencies in measurement and in building and relating units and units of units that they have developed in number, geometry, and geometric measurement.
Fourth graders learn the relative sizes of measurement units within a system of measurement4.MD.1 including: length: meter (m), kilometer (km), centimeter (cm), millimeter (mm); volume: liter (l), milliliter (ml, 1 cubic centimeter of water; a liter, then, is 1000 ml); mass: gram (g, about the weight of a cc of water), kilogram (kg); time: hour (hr), minute (min), second (sec).
Students learn to consider perimeter and area of rectangles, begun in Grade 3, more abstractly. Based on work in previous grades with multiplication, spatially structuring arrays, and area, they abstract the formula for the area of a rectangle.Students learn to apply these understandings and formulas to the solution of real-world and mathematical problems.
Students can use these skills to solve problems, including problems that arise from analyzing line plots. For example, with reference to the line plot above, students might find the difference between the greatest and least values in the data.
Calculation Method for Domains
Domains are larger groups of related standards. The Domain Grade is a calculation of all the related standards. Click on the standard name below each Domain to access the learning targets and rubrics/ proficiency scales for individual standards within the domain.
Domain (MD)