Unit 1 Math Test

Fourth grade will have a Unit 1 math test next Tuesday, November 8.  Unit 1 covers chapters 1-4 in the book.  Study guides are coming home today. In addition to study guides, students should review their notes over chapters 1-4, and may visit the Unit 1 Games math folder on my Mrs. Pride's ikeepbookmarks website.  


Students will be tested on the following information:

• Writing numbers in three forms:
  • Standard form
  • Expanded form
  • Word form
• INCREASING and DECREASING numbers in all three forms
• Place Value
  • Identify the value of a digit in different place values
• Using benchmarks to estimate the number of objects
• Comparing numbers up to the hundred thousands place (use <, >, and = symbols)
• Ordering numbers: GREATEST to LEAST and LEAST to GREATEST
• Organizing numbers in a table and using the table to answer questions about a set of data
• Rounding numbers to a given place value
• Estimating sums and differences using ROUNDING
• Adding and subtracting numbers to the hundred thousands place
• Deciding whether an estimate or exact answer is needed in a word problem
  • Hint: The word "ABOUT" in a word problem means you should estimate
• Writing expressions and equations based on a story problem, and choosing a variable for the unknown number
• Solving expressions and equations
• In and Out Boxes:
  • Find a rule
  • Write the rule as an equation
  • Find missing numbers in the In and Out Box