An angle of 150° is split into two smaller angles. One of them measures 65°. What does the other measure?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.7 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
How many milliliters are in 9 liters?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
In the number 7,742, how does the value of the 7 in the thousands place compare with the value of the 7 in the hundreds place?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 4 5/8 + 2 6/8?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 4/10 + 27/100?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 5 × 3/10?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 7 × 3,186?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
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Concepts and Procedures, continued
What is 46 × 58?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 2,947 ÷ 7?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.6 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 52,306 − 18,749?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
What is 286,451 rounded to the nearest ten thousand?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which equation shows that 48 is 6 times as many as 8?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which fraction is equal to 0.38?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.6 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which is the number name for 640,075?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which list shows every factor pair of 36?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which of these comparisons of decimals is correct?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.7 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which of these comparisons of fractions is correct?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which of these fractions names the same amount as 5/6?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which pair of lines is perpendicular?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.G.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Which shape must have two pairs of parallel sides?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.G.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 1: Concepts and Procedures)
Problem Solving 5
A baker packs 310 muffins into boxes that hold 8 muffins each. How many boxes can be filled completely?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 2: Problem Solving)
A rectangular playground has a perimeter of 96 meters. Its length is 30 meters. What is its width?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 2: Problem Solving)
A school orders 18 boxes of markers with 36 markers in each box. The markers are shared equally among 4 classes. How many markers does each class get?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 2: Problem Solving)
Each of 6 friends eats 2/3 of a small pizza. How many pizzas do they eat in all?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 2: Problem Solving)
Jada has $20.00. She buys 3 notebooks for $2.75 each and a pen for $1.50. How much money does she have left?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 2: Problem Solving)
Communicating Reasoning 9
A pattern starts at 2 and follows the rule "add 4": 2, 6, 10, 14. Why is every number in the pattern even?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
A skater spins through half of a full turn. Which reasoning gives the measure of the turn?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
A strip is cut into 5 equal parts and 2 are shaded. Each part is then cut in half. Why is 2/5 of the strip equal to 4/10 of it?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Ben says 40 × 60 = 240 because 4 × 6 = 24 and he put one zero on the end. What is wrong with his reasoning?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NBT.5 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Dan says every rectangle is a square. Which shape proves him wrong?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.G.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Kim says 0.5 < 0.36 because 5 is less than 36. Which reasoning shows her mistake?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.7 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Lia says 1/3 of her ribbon is longer than 1/2 of Max's ribbon. When can Lia be right?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Rosa says 51 is prime because it is odd and is not in the 5 times table. Which fact shows she is wrong?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Which statement explains why 7/8 − 3/8 = 4/8 and not 4/0?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.NF.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 3: Communicating Reasoning)
Modeling and Data Analysis 6
A line plot of pencil lengths has Xs above 4 1/4, 4 2/4, 5 and 5 3/4 inches. What is the difference between the longest and the shortest pencil?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
A line plot shows how far 8 students jumped: one X above 3 1/2 feet, three above 4 feet, two above 4 1/2 feet and two above 5 feet. How many students jumped 4 1/2 feet or farther?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.4 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
A room is 14 feet long and 11 feet wide. Carpet costs $3 for each square foot. How much does carpet for the whole floor cost?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
A table pairs feet with inches: 2 feet and 24 inches, 3 feet and 36 inches. What goes in the table beside 5 feet?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.1 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
A theater has 28 rows with 42 seats in each row. Which is the best estimate of the number of seats?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.OA.3 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
A trail is 3 kilometers long. A marker stands every 500 meters, starting 500 meters from the start and ending with one at the finish. How many markers are on the trail?Michigan K-12 Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, standard 4.MD.2 (M-STEP Mathematics Blueprint, claim 4: Modeling and Data Analysis)
An unofficial M-STEP practice test for 4th grade math: 40 questions written for this site from Michigan's standards and the state blueprint. None is a state sample item. Not affiliated with the Michigan Department of Education.
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What the 4th grade M-STEP math test covers
Michigan's blueprint counts items by claim, not by topic, and this page uses the top of each range. Concepts and Procedures has 19 to 20 items: place value to 1,000,000, multi-digit arithmetic, equivalent fractions, decimals to hundredths, measurement units and angles. Communicating Reasoning has 7 to 9: saying why an answer must be right, or finding the slip in someone's thinking. Modeling and Data Analysis has 4 to 6: line plots, tables, area and estimates. Problem Solving has 3 to 5: word problems with more than one step.
Two M-STEP tests in grade 4
Fourth graders take English language arts and mathematics only; the state's schedule lists science and social studies for grade 5. Each answer here names its standard, such as 4.NF.3.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the 4th grade M-STEP math test?
The blueprint gives a range of items for each claim and no total; the four ranges add up to 33 to 40. The test is computer adaptive, with no performance task.
How long does the 4th grade M-STEP take?
M-STEP is untimed. For scheduling, the state's Spring 2026 manual estimates 1 hour 30 minutes for mathematics and 2 hours for English language arts in grade 4, which is 3 hours 30 minutes in all.
Are calculators allowed on the 4th grade M-STEP?
No. The state's manual says calculators may not be used on any item of the grades 3, 4 and 5 mathematics tests, online or on paper, even for a student whose education plan lists one.
What M-STEP score does a 4th grader need to pass?
None: Michigan says M-STEP is not pass or fail. A scale score puts the student in one of four performance levels, from Not Proficient through Partially Proficient and Proficient to Advanced.
Does Michigan have its own M-STEP practice for 4th grade?
Yes. The department's M-STEP page links to online practice for English language arts, math, science and social studies, with answer keys, and the box under the questions links there. The questions here are different ones.