4th Grade Stanford Practice Test

Fourth grade math, reading, language, spelling, science and social science questions, set out by the subtests of the Stanford 10.

4,718 + 2,596 = ?

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The real test: Stanford 10, Intermediate 1

Grades
4.5 to 5.5: from the fifth month of grade 4 to the fifth month of grade 5. Earlier in grade 4 the level is Primary 3 (grades 3.5 to 4.5).
Reading
Word Study Skills, 30 questions in 20 minutes. Reading Vocabulary, 30 in 20. Reading Comprehension, 54 in 50.
Mathematics
Problem Solving, 48 questions in 50 minutes. Procedures, 32 in 30.
Language and spelling
Language, 48 questions in 45 minutes. Spelling, 40 in 35.
Science, social science, listening
Science, 40 questions in 25 minutes. Social Science, 40 in 25. Listening, 40 in 30. In all: 402 multiple-choice questions and 5 hours 30 minutes.
Timing and scores
Untimed: the times are guidelines for planning. Scores are percentile rank, stanine, GE and NCE by grade, plus scaled scores. On paper, or online from grade 3.

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Mathematics: all 15 questions

Mathematics Procedures 6

  • 3/8 + 4/8 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NF.B.3.a
  • 46 × 23 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.5
  • 347 × 6 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.5
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Mathematics Procedures, continued

  • 952 ÷ 7 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.6
  • 4,718 + 2,596 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.4
  • 6,003 − 2,478 = ? Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.B.4

Mathematics Problem Solving 9

  • A full turn is 360°. A skater spins through one quarter of a full turn. How many degrees does she turn? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.MD.C.5.a
  • A movie lasts 2 hours 25 minutes. How many minutes is that? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.MD.A.1
  • A recipe needs more than 1/2 cup of milk. Which of these amounts is more than 1/2 cup? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NF.A.2
  • A rectangular garden is 9 meters long and has an area of 54 square meters. How wide is it? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.MD.A.3
  • A school orders 8 boxes of pencils with 144 pencils in each box. It hands out 950 pencils. How many pencils are left? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.OA.A.3
  • A snail crawls 9/100 of a meter. Which decimal shows that distance in meters? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NF.C.6
  • Lena shades 3/5 of a strip of paper. Which fraction names the same amount of the strip? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NF.A.1
  • Only one of these four numbers is prime. Which is it? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.OA.B.4
  • What is 46,819 rounded to the nearest thousand? Stanford 10 Mathematics Problem Solving subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard 4.NBT.A.3

How this list was compiled: Outline: Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, Scope & Sequence chart (Pearson), https://www.pearsonassessments.com/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/sat10/sat10-scope-sequence.pdf, linked from the publisher's product page, https://www.pearsonassessments.com/en-us/Store/Professional-Assessments/Academic-Learning/Stanford-Achievement-Test-Series-%7C-Tenth-Edition/p/100000415, both read 2026-10-13. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/, read 2026-10-13. Every answer was worked out again. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Stanford 10 test, from a sample or practice item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Reading: all 20 questions

Word Study Skills 5

  • "Autograph", "photograph" and "paragraph" share the root graph. What does graph mean? Stanford 10 Word Study Skills subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "-graph" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.b
  • "Submarine" and "subway" share the prefix sub-. What does sub- mean? Stanford 10 Word Study Skills subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "sub-" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.b
  • "Telephone", "telescope" and "television" all begin with tele-. What does tele- mean? Stanford 10 Word Study Skills subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "tele-" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.b
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Word Study Skills, continued

  • What does the suffix -ful mean in the word "hopeful"? Stanford 10 Word Study Skills subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "-ful" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.b
  • Which choice shows the word "thunder" divided into syllables the right way? Stanford 10 Word Study Skills subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RF.4.3.a

Reading Vocabulary 5

  • "Could you lend a hand with these boxes?" What does "lend a hand" mean? Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "lend a hand" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.5.b
  • "Kofi was reluctant to jump into the cold lake, so he stood on the dock for ten minutes." What does reluctant mean? Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "reluctant" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.a
  • "Mom took one glance at the muddy floor and knew the dog was home." What is a glance? Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "glance" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.a
  • "The town's ancient bridge stands beside a new one." Which word means the opposite of ancient? Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "ancient" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.5.c
  • "Wrap the glass bowl in a towel; it is fragile." What does fragile mean? Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "fragile" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.4.a

Reading Comprehension 10

  • "Every Friday, students at Cedar Hill School take the walking bus. It has no wheels and no engine. Two parents in yellow vests lead a line of children along Mill Road, stopping at five marked corners to pick up more walkers. The walk takes twenty minutes. The principal started it because so many cars crowded the school gate each morning. Since then, the line of cars has been cut in half." What is the passage mostly about? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.4.2
  • "Every Friday, students at Cedar Hill School take the walking bus. It has no wheels and no engine. Two parents in yellow vests lead a line of children along Mill Road, stopping at five marked corners to pick up more walkers. The walk takes twenty minutes. The principal started it because so many cars crowded the school gate each morning. Since then, the line of cars has been cut in half." Why did the principal start the walking bus? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.4.1
  • "Every Friday, students at Cedar Hill School take the walking bus. It has no wheels and no engine. Two parents in yellow vests lead a line of children along Mill Road, stopping at five marked corners to pick up more walkers. The walk takes twenty minutes. The principal started it because so many cars crowded the school gate each morning. Since then, the line of cars has been cut in half." Why does the author say that the walking bus "has no wheels and no engine"? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.4.4
  • "I planted a seed in a paper cup / and set it where the sun comes up. / For seven days I watched the dirt; / nothing stirred, and my hopes were hurt. // Then one morning, thin and green, / the smallest leaf I'd ever seen / had pushed its way into the light, / as if it had been working all the night." How does the speaker feel at the end of the first stanza? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.1
  • "I planted a seed in a paper cup / and set it where the sun comes up. / For seven days I watched the dirt; / nothing stirred, and my hopes were hurt. // Then one morning, thin and green, / the smallest leaf I'd ever seen / had pushed its way into the light, / as if it had been working all the night." What happens in the second stanza? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.1
  • "I planted a seed in a paper cup / and set it where the sun comes up. / For seven days I watched the dirt; / nothing stirred, and my hopes were hurt. // Then one morning, thin and green, / the smallest leaf I'd ever seen / had pushed its way into the light, / as if it had been working all the night." What lesson does the poem teach? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.2
  • "Nadia's kite would not fly. Twice it climbed, spun and dived into the dune grass. Her grandfather said nothing. He tied a strip of old bedsheet to the tail and handed back the string. Nadia ran. The kite shivered, steadied and rose until it was a red dot over the water. 'It needed a little weight to stay calm,' he said. 'Most of us do.'" How does her grandfather solve the problem? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.3
  • "Nadia's kite would not fly. Twice it climbed, spun and dived into the dune grass. Her grandfather said nothing. He tied a strip of old bedsheet to the tail and handed back the string. Nadia ran. The kite shivered, steadied and rose until it was a red dot over the water. 'It needed a little weight to stay calm,' he said. 'Most of us do.'" What does "a red dot over the water" tell the reader about the kite? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.4
  • "Nadia's kite would not fly. Twice it climbed, spun and dived into the dune grass. Her grandfather said nothing. He tied a strip of old bedsheet to the tail and handed back the string. Nadia ran. The kite shivered, steadied and rose until it was a red dot over the water. 'It needed a little weight to stay calm,' he said. 'Most of us do.'" What does the grandfather mean by "Most of us do"? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.2
  • "Nadia's kite would not fly. Twice it climbed, spun and dived into the dune grass. Her grandfather said nothing. He tied a strip of old bedsheet to the tail and handed back the string. Nadia ran. The kite shivered, steadied and rose until it was a red dot over the water. 'It needed a little weight to stay calm,' he said. 'Most of us do.'" What problem does Nadia have at the start of the story? Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.4.1

How this list was compiled: Outline: Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, Scope & Sequence chart (Pearson), https://www.pearsonassessments.com/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/sat10/sat10-scope-sequence.pdf, linked from the publisher's product page, https://www.pearsonassessments.com/en-us/Store/Professional-Assessments/Academic-Learning/Stanford-Achievement-Test-Series-%7C-Tenth-Edition/p/100000415, both read 2026-10-13. Each word study and comprehension question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-13. Word parts and word meanings were read in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Stanford 10 test, from a sample or practice item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Language and spelling: all 15 questions

Language 8

  • "At noon tomorrow, we ___ lunch by the lake." Which words fit the blank? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.b
  • "The man ___ fixed our bikes lives next door." Which word fits the blank? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.a
  • Which group of words about the bus is a complete sentence? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.f
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Language, continued

  • Which sentence capitalizes the name of the lake and the month correctly? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.2.a
  • Which sentence puts its adjectives in the usual order? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.d
  • Which sentence puts the comma in the right place before "but"? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.2.c
  • Which sentence shows what Mom said with the correct punctuation? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.2.b
  • "You ___ wear a helmet on the bike path. It is the rule." Which word fits the blank? Stanford 10 Language subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.4.1.c

Spelling 7

  • "Allthough it rained, the game went on." Which word is spelled wrong? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "although" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • "The boat sailed around the iland." Which word is spelled wrong? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "island" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • "May I have a peice of that apple pie?" Which word is spelled wrong? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "piece" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • "Wait just one minit, please." Which word is spelled wrong? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "minute" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • Which spelling is right for a sentence that asks something? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "question" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • Which spelling is right for the second month of the year? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "February" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d
  • Which spelling is right for the word that means "a reply to a question"? Stanford 10 Spelling subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; "answer" read in Wiktionary; Common Core standard L.4.2.d

How this list was compiled: Outline: Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, Scope & Sequence chart (Pearson), https://www.pearsonassessments.com/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/sat10/sat10-scope-sequence.pdf, linked from the publisher's product page, https://www.pearsonassessments.com/en-us/Store/Professional-Assessments/Academic-Learning/Stanford-Achievement-Test-Series-%7C-Tenth-Edition/p/100000415, both read 2026-10-13. Each language question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/4/, read 2026-10-13. Spellings were read in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Stanford 10 test, from a sample or practice item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Science and social science: all 14 questions

Science 7

  • A bee carries a fine powder from one flower to another, and the plant can then make seeds. What is the powder called? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at U.S. Forest Service, "What is Pollination?"
  • A guitar string is plucked and makes a sound. What is the string doing while the sound is made? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Forms of energy"
  • About how much of Earth's surface is covered by water? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at U.S. Geological Survey, Water Science School, "How Much Water is There on Earth?"
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Science, continued

  • How many planets are in our solar system? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at NASA Science, "About the Planets"
  • The Moon seems to change shape during a month. What really changes? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at NASA Space Place, "What Are the Moon's Phases?"
  • Omar rolls the same toy car down a ramp three times. He covers the ramp with sandpaper, then cloth, then foil, to see which surface lets the car roll farthest. What should he measure each time? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart. The answer follows from the text of the question
  • What do scientists call molten rock after it breaks through Earth's surface? Stanford 10 Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at U.S. Geological Survey, "What is the difference between magma and lava?"

Social Science 7

  • A map is drawn with north at the top. On it, the post office is directly below the bank. In which direction is the post office from the bank? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart. The answer follows from the text of the question
  • The Declaration of Independence names three rights that people are born with: "Life, Liberty and" what? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at National Archives, "Declaration of Independence: A Transcription"
  • Ella buys a loaf of bread at a bakery. In this trade, what is Ella? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at Wiktionary, "consumer"
  • How many named oceans does the United States recognize today? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at NOAA National Ocean Service, "How many oceans are there?"
  • In Congress, what is a proposal for a new law called? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at USA.gov, "How laws are made"
  • Under the Constitution, how long is one term of office for the president? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at National Archives, "The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription", Article II, Section 1
  • Which treaty, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolution? Stanford 10 Social Science subtest, on Pearson's Scope & Sequence chart; fact read at National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Treaty of Paris (1783)"

How this list was compiled: Outline: Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, Scope & Sequence chart (Pearson), https://www.pearsonassessments.com/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/sat10/sat10-scope-sequence.pdf, linked from the publisher's product page, https://www.pearsonassessments.com/en-us/Store/Professional-Assessments/Academic-Learning/Stanford-Achievement-Test-Series-%7C-Tenth-Edition/p/100000415, both read 2026-10-13. The publisher's product page says the Science subtest covers the life, physical and earth sciences and the nature of science, and that the Social Science subtest measures concepts important for citizenship. Each fact was read on the public page named on its question (U.S. Forest Service, NASA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, NOAA, National Archives, USA.gov, Wiktionary), all 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Stanford 10 test, from a sample or practice item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial Stanford Achievement Test practice for 4th grade: 64 questions written for this site on nine of the ten subtests Pearson lists for the Stanford 10 at Intermediate 1. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Pearson, the publisher.

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Two levels meet in fourth grade

Pearson's chart gives Primary 3 to grades 3.5 through 4.5 and Intermediate 1 to grades 4.5 through 5.5, so the level changes at the fifth month of fourth grade. This page is written to Intermediate 1, the last level with Word Study Skills. For a test in the first months of the year, use the 3rd grade practice, written to Primary 3.

How each answer was checked

Mathematics and language questions each name a fourth grade Common Core standard, and the mathematics is worked out a second time. Science and social science facts come from public pages, among them NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, NOAA, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Archives, each linked under its question.

Questions and answers

Is the SAT 10 practice test for 4th grade the same as the Stanford 10?

Yes. SAT 10 and Stanford 10 are both short names for the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, which Pearson publishes for kindergarten through grade 12. It is not the SAT taken for college admission.

What is on the Stanford Achievement Test in 4th grade?

At Intermediate 1 the complete battery has ten subtests: Word Study Skills, Reading Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics Problem Solving, Mathematics Procedures, Language, Spelling, Listening, Science and Social Science. This page practices all of them but Listening.

How long is the Stanford 10 test for 4th grade?

Pearson's chart lists 402 multiple-choice questions and 5 hours 30 minutes for the Intermediate 1 complete battery, the most questions of any level on the chart. The test is untimed, and the times are planning guidelines.

Is there a California SAT 10 practice test for 4th grade?

Pearson's page describes one Stanford 10 with national norms and names no edition for a single state, so these questions fit a California fourth grader as they fit any other.

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