4th grade math worksheets & charts
Fourth grade scales everything up: multi-digit multiplication, long division’s foundations, place value into the millions and equivalent fractions.
The 4th grade year at a glance
Fourth grade scales up rather than starting anew. The multiplication facts from third grade get applied to multi-digit numbers, division moves toward the long division algorithm, and place value extends into the millions with rounding and comparison built on top. Fractions become properly mathematical: equivalent fractions, comparison across different denominators, and addition where the denominators already match. Factors, multiples and prime numbers also arrive, which is the first time children look at numbers as things with internal structure rather than positions in a sequence.
What 4th grade math covers
- Multiplying multi-digit numbers (2-digit × 1-digit and beyond)
- Division with the full fact family toolkit
- Place value to 1,000,000 and comparing big numbers
- Equivalent fractions seen on strips and number lines
- Factors, multiples, primes — pattern-hunting on charts
Where it usually gets stuck
Long division is the wall. It is the first algorithm that loops — divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, repeat — and it demands accurate multiplication, accurate subtraction and careful column alignment all at once. When a fourth grader struggles with it, the cause is usually not division at all but shaky multiplication facts underneath, so the fix is to go back to the tables rather than to drill more division. Equivalent fractions cause the other common stall: 1/2 and 3/6 look like different numbers, and it takes fraction strips laid side by side before most children accept they are the same amount.
The charts to print
Place value
Place value chart
Decimal place value
Decimal place value chart
Chart 1–15
Multiplication chart 1–15
Fraction circles
Fraction circles
Chart 1–50
Multiplication chart 1–50
Multiplication cards
Multiplication flash cards (1–12)
Prime numbers chart
Prime numbers chart
Fraction wall
Fraction wall
Fraction to decimal
Fraction to decimal chart
Metric conversions
Metric conversion chart
Practice worksheets
2×2-digit multiplication
2 digit by 2 digit multiplication worksheets (with answer key)
3×1-digit multiplication
3 digit by 1 digit multiplication worksheets (with answer key)
Long division
Long division worksheets (with answer key)
Equivalent fractions
Equivalent fractions worksheets (with answer key)
Fraction line worksheets
Fractions on a number line (with answer key)
Comparing decimals
Comparing decimals worksheets (with answer key)
Thanksgiving math
Thanksgiving math worksheets (with answer key)
Make it match your child
Step the generator up to 3-digit × 1-digit or 2-digit × 2-digit as written multiplication grows this year.
4th grade math questions
Why is long division so difficult?
Because it stacks several skills into one repeating procedure. A child has to estimate, multiply, subtract and align columns, then repeat it, and one slip anywhere corrupts everything after. Most difficulty traces back to multiplication facts that are not yet automatic.
What are factors and multiples?
Factors divide into a number exactly — 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 are the factors of 12. Multiples are what you get counting up in that number: 12, 24, 36 and so on. A prime number has only two factors, itself and one. A multiplication chart shows all three at once, which is why it stays useful this year.
Should a fourth grader still use a multiplication chart?
As a reference, yes. The goal is recall, but a chart on the desk during multi-digit work lets a child concentrate on the new skill instead of stalling on 7×8. Withdraw it from fact practice, keep it for long division.