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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Doubling Numerators and Denominators
The purpose of this task is to assess whether students understand the meaning of the numerator and the denominator in a fraction. This task is not appropriate for a high-stakes summative assessment, but it could be very helpful in...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Money in the Piggy Bank
Alicia opened her piggy bank and counted the coins inside. Here is what she found: Aligns with 4.NF.A.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.md,g Measuring Angles
The purpose of this task is to gain experience drawing and measuring angles, developing an understanding of the additive structure of angles. Aligns with 4.MD.C.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.oa, Md Karl's Garden
The purpose of the task is for students to solve a multi-step multiplication problem in a context that involves area. Aligns with 4.MD.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.md Margie Buys Apples
This task gives students an opportunity to work with familiar fractions and decimals in a context involving money. Aligns with 4.MD.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.g Finding Lines of Symmetry
The purpose of this task is for students to identify figures that have line symmetry and draw appropriate lines of symmetry. Aligns with 4.G.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt Ordering 4 Digit Numbers
It is common for students to compare multi-digit numbers just by comparing the first digit, then the second digit, and so on. This task includes three-digit numbers with large hundreds digits and four-digit numbers with small thousands...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt What's My Number?
The purpose of this task is for students to reason about base-ten numbers on the number line in a way that will require them to use what they know about place value. Students first represent addition and subtraction on the number line in...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt.1 Threatened and Endangered
Maned wolves are a threatened species that live in South America. People estimate that there are about 24,000 of them living in the wild. Aligns with 4.NBT.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt Millions and Billions of People
The purpose of this task is to help students understand the multiplicative relationship between commonly used large numbers (thousands and millions) by using their understanding of place value. Aligns with 4.NBT.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt Rounding to the Nearest 1000
The purpose of this task is for students to estimate the position of numbers less than 10,000 on the number line, to practice rounding, and to make the connection between rounding and location on the number line. Aligns with 4.NBT.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt Mental Division Strategy
Jillian says Aligns with 4.NBT.B.6.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.md Who Is the Tallest?
This task provides a context for translating between different units.Aligns with 4.MD.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt to Regroup or Not to Regroup
Sometimes when we subtract one number from another number we "regroup," and sometimes we don't. For example, if we subtract 38 from 375, we can "regroup" by converting a ten to 10 ones: Aligns with 4.NBT.B.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.g Lines of Symmetry for Circles
Mr. Watkins asked his students to draw a line of symmetry for a circle with center $O$ pictured below: Aligns with 4.G.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.md, 5.md Button Diameters
The purpose of this task is for students to measure lengths to the nearest eighth and quarter-inch and to record that information in a line plot. Aligns with 4.MD.B.4 and CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Sugar in Six Cans of Soda
This task provides a familiar context allowing students to visualize multiplication of a fraction by a whole number. Aligns with 4.NF.B.4.c.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Comparing Two Different Pizzas
The focus of this task is on understanding that fractions, in an explicit context, are fractions of a specific whole. Aligns with 4.NF.B.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.oa Comparing Growth, Variation 2
The purpose of this task is to assess students' understanding of multiplicative and additive reasoning. Aligns with CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.1 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.oa Comparing Growth, Variation 1
The purpose of this task is to foster a classroom discussion that will highlight the difference between multiplicative and additive reasoning. Aligns with CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.1 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Using Place Value
Each part of this task highlights a slightly different aspect of place value as it relates to decimal notation. More than simply being comfortable with decimal notation, the point is for students to be able to move fluidly between and...
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Fraction Equivalence
Draw a picture to illustrate explaining fraction equivalences. Aligns with 4.NF.C.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Dimes and Pennies
Find the fraction of a dollar is dimes and pennies & write your answer in both fraction and decimal form. Aligns with 4.NF.C.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Expanded Fractions and Decimals
The purpose of this task is for students to show they understand the connection between fraction and decimal notation by writing the same numbers both ways. Aligns with 4.NF.C.5.