A baker puts 168 rolls into bags of 12. How many bags does the baker fill?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.6
A fraction strip is split into 10 equal parts, and 4 parts are shaded. Which fraction names the same amount?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.1
A theater has 28 rows with 32 seats in each row. On Friday, 150 seats were empty. How many seats were filled?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.5
How is 6.08 written in words?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.4
In 5.619, which digit is in the hundredths place?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.4
Leo had 9/10 of a meter of string. He used 4/10 of a meter. How much string is left?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.3
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Number & Operation, continued
Round 36.48 to the nearest tenth.Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.7
What is 3/10 + 4/10?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.3
What is 45 × 23?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.3
What is 47 × 100?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.2
What is 236 × 4?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.3
What is the product of 8 and 7?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.1
What is the quotient of 63 and 9?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.1.1
Which comparison uses < or > correctly?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.5
Which decimal is equal to 3/4?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.6
Which fraction names the same amount as 1/3?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.1
Which list of fractions is in order from least to greatest?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.2
Which mixed number is equal to 13/5?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.1.2.2
Algebra 8
A class of 24 students is split into teams of 4. Which number sentence finds t, the number of teams?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.2.2
A rule says: subtract 7 from the input. What is the output when the input is 25?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.1.1
An input-output table has inputs 2, 5 and 9 and outputs 8, 20 and 36. What is the rule?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.1.1
An input-output table has inputs 30, 18 and 12 and outputs 10, 6 and 4. What is the output when the input is 27?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.1.1
Each table at a party seats 6 guests. The input is the number of tables and the output is the number of guests. What is the output for 8 tables?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.1.1
What number goes in the box to make 7 × □ = 42 true?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.2.2
What value of n makes 72 ÷ n = 8 true?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.2.2
Which situation matches the number sentence 5 × n = 35?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.2.2.1
Geometry & Measurement 10
A quadrilateral has exactly one pair of parallel sides. Which name fits it?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.1.2
A rectangle is covered by 6 rows of 1-inch squares, 8 squares in each row, with no gaps or overlaps. What is its area?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.2.3
A shape slides 5 units to the right without turning or flipping. What is this transformation called?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.3.1
A triangle has angles of 30°, 60° and 90°. What kind of triangle is it?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.1.1
An arrow points up. It is rotated 90° clockwise. Which way does it point now?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.3.3
An L-shaped patio is made of a rectangle 7 feet by 3 feet and a rectangle 2 feet by 5 feet. What is the area of the patio?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.2.4
The lowercase letter b is reflected over a vertical line. Which letter does the image look like?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.3.2
Which list puts the three kinds of angles in order from smallest to largest?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.2.2
Which of these is the measure of an acute angle?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.2.2
Which triangle must have three sides of equal length?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.3.1.1
Data Analysis 6
A bar graph shows favorite fruits: apples 12, bananas 9, grapes 15 and oranges 6. How many more students chose grapes than oranges?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
A line plot shows plant heights in feet. Three plants are 1/2 foot, two are 3/4 foot and one is 1 foot. How many plants are taller than 1/2 foot?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
A table lists rainfall in inches: Monday 0.25, Tuesday 0.6 and Wednesday 0.4. Which day had the most rain?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
A timeline of a town shows the school built in 1950, the library built in 1975 and the park opened in 1990. How many years after the school was built did the park open?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
A Venn diagram sorts 20 students. 7 have only a dog, 6 have only a cat and 4 have both. How many have neither a dog nor a cat?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
In a pictograph, one star stands for 5 books. The row for Mia has 7 stars. How many books did Mia read?Minnesota Department of Education, Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11 (September 2019), benchmark 4.4.1.1
How this list was compiled: Outline: Mathematics Test Specifications for MCA-III, Grades 3–8 and 11, based on the Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in Mathematics, 2007 version (Minnesota Department of Education, September 2019): the grade 4 strands, standards, benchmarks and item specifications, Table 2A (items per strand), Table 3A (items by type) and Table 5A (minimum and maximum item counts by standard, online adaptive test). The document is linked from the department's page Test Specifications, https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/test/spec/. That page and the document were read 2026-10-09 in the Internet Archive's copy of 25 August 2026 (https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/test/spec/). Test facts: Procedures Manual for Minnesota Statewide Assessments 2026-27 (Minnesota Department of Education, October 2026), https://mn.mypearsonsupport.com/policies-and-procedures/, read 2026-10-09. Each question names the benchmark it practices as the test specifications print it. The answers are arithmetic on the numbers in the question, each worked a second time. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from an MCA test, an item sampler or released item of the department, a Student Readiness Tool or another practice test.
How it works
Unofficial practice for the grade 4 mathematics MCA, the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment. The 42 questions were written for this site from the state's test specifications; none is a state sample item. Not affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Education.
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What the 4th grade math MCA covers
The state's test specifications sort grade 4 into four strands, and the 42 questions here keep their shares. Number & Operation is the largest: multiplication and division facts, multi-digit multiplying, equivalent fractions, adding fractions with like denominators, and decimals to thousandths. Algebra is input-output rules and number sentences with an unknown. Geometry & Measurement is triangles, quadrilaterals, angles, area, and slides, flips and turns. Data Analysis is tables, bar graphs, timelines and Venn diagrams.
Checking your work
Each answer shows its steps and names its benchmark, such as 4.1.2.3, as the test specifications print it. Minnesota's manual gives spring 2027 as the last test on these 2007 standards.
Fractions and decimals, standard 4.1.2, fill 10 to 12 of the 42 scored questions, more than any other standard.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the 4th grade math MCA?
The online test has 42 scored questions, the state's test specifications say. With field test questions, a student sees about 50, in four groups. This page has 42.
Is the 4th grade math MCA timed?
No. The department's manual says the MCAs are not timed. Schools usually plan 1.5 to 2 hours for a mathematics test in grades 3 to 8.
Can you use a calculator on the 4th grade math MCA?
Only in some groups of questions. The manual says calculator and non-calculator items sit in different groups in grades 3 to 8, and the online basic calculator is there only where one is allowed.
Is there an MCA practice test for grade 4 math from the state?
Minnesota has its own Student Readiness Tools, linked in the box under the questions. This page is separate, unofficial practice with different questions.