4th Grade Math Problems

This page will show twenty 4th grade math problems that can be given to students in 4th grade. These 4th grade math problems were well chosen to cover a wide variety of topics taught in 4th grade.

1

A math tutor charges $20 the first hour and $10 each additional hour. A student took tutoring lesson from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. How much money did the math tutor make?

2

An amusement park day passes are $10 for adults and $4 for children. A family with two adults and four children visit the park. How much money did the family pay?

3

Jonathan's house is located at the ordered pair (3, 4). To go to school, he walks 5 blocks north and 2 blocks east. What ordered pair can be used to locate Jonathan's school ?

4

Alicia is crying because she was not able to go on a ride. When her mom asked her why she was crying, she answered, " I must be at least 5 feet to ride. " If Alicia, is 54 inches, how many inches away is she from 5 feet?

5

A family will drive 240 miles to go see relatives. The father drives 60 miles per hour. How long will the trip be?

6

Starting at 11:00 pm, a dog barks twice at 11:09, 11:15, and 11:21. What time will it be when the dog barks again?

7

A box has 4 pounds of flour. My mom used three-fourths (3/4) of the flour to make a cake. How much flour is left in the box? 

8

A principal ordered granola bars for 3000 students to celebrate the end of the school year. The granola bars came in cases and each case has 15 boxes and each box has 20 granola bars. How many cases came?

9

One pound equals 16 ounces. How many pounds will a 112 ounces bag of rice weigh?

10

If a bag of apples weighs about 2 1/2 pounds, how much will 10 bags weigh?

11

A bag of grapes cost $4.57. If you pay with $5.00, what change will be given back to you?

12

Your mom use 5/4 pounds of flour to make a pizza dough. You auntie though uses 3/4 pounds of flour. How much more flour does your mom use?

13

If four numbers are less than 100, odd, multiples of 5, and more than 60, what are the numbers?

14

A store sells 546 candies on Monday, 567 on Tuesday, and 588 on Wednesday. How  many candies will the store sells on Thursday?

15

The library near Stephanie's house is located at the ordered pair (5, 6). To go home, she walks 4 blocks south and 3 blocks west. What ordered pair can be used to locate Stephanie's house?

16

What number am I if the sum of my two digits is 10 and the digit in my ones place is four times bigger than the digit is my tens place?

17

Four buses are taking students to a science museum. How many children are in each bus if there are 100 students and each bus has the same amount of students?

18

If there are 2 quarters, 4 dimes, 6 nickels, and 10 pennies in your pocket, how much money do you have?

19

Maria has 3/5 pounds of rice. John has 2/3 pounds of water. Who has more flour?

20

After selling candies for 25 cents each, you made $5.50. How many candies did you sell?

21

Alicia just received 200 dollars from her aunt. She gave 2/5 of the money to her brother. How much money did her brother get?

22

A dining room table has a length of 50 inches and a width of 40 inches. What is the perimeter of the table? 

23

A school shares 405 pencils with 8 classrooms. How many pencils are left if each classroom must have the same amount.

24

In very small city, there are 650 women, 540 men, and 1060 children. How many people are there in the city?

Things to keep in mind about these 4th grade math problems

4th grade math problems

These 4th grade problems will help kids master some important 4th grade math concepts:

  • Equivalent fractions
  • Putting ordered pairs on the coordinate grid
  • Place value
  • Subtracting fractions
  • Multiplying 2-digit Numbers by 1-digit number.
  • Adding and subtracting money
  • Do long division
  • Looking for remainders
  • Dividing a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number
  • Adding whole numbers

If students can solve at least 18 of these 20 4th grade math problems, you can conclude that the students are good at solving 4th grade math problems.