How it works
These 150 trivia questions for 4th graders are sorted into eight fourth grade units. They are fractions and decimals, angles and shapes, state capitals, US regions, energy and sound, the water cycle, rocks and fossils, and inventors. One asks which state capital dates to 1610.
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Which units are in the grade 4 standards
The math follows the grade 4 Common Core standards, and the energy and rock questions follow the Next Generation Science Standards. Capitals, regions, inventors and the water cycle are here because most classes teach them, not because those documents list them. For trivia questions for 4th grade by unit, stay on one round under Start from, below the question.
On screen and on paper
On screen, a tap shows the reason and a link to its source. The list below gives all 150, each with its answer. For a worksheet, choose a round under Start from, play a set, press Print, then tick With answer key. The key repeats each reason. Set Start from back to All topics. Pick Scored round and press Start the round: 20 questions, marked by topic at the end.
- Open More options and untick Shuffle questions. Topics run easy to hard. State capitals goes from California to a capital moved in 1910.
- Hand out scrap paper for the fraction topic: 7/8 − 2/8 is quick on paper and slow in the head.
- At home, do one topic a day. On Friday pick Missed, under More options, and answer those together.
Questions and answers
Are these trivia questions for 9 year olds, or only for a class?
Either. A nine-year-old who reads well can play alone. Read them aloud for anyone still building reading speed. US regions and landmarks is the gentlest topic, with 10 easy questions in 18, and State capitals has the most stretch questions, eight. Levels are our estimate.
Which words does a fourth grader need to know?
The ones a fourth grade year teaches: numerator and denominator, acute and obtuse, perpendicular, circuit, erosion and weathering, groundwater. Harder words are answers, not clues. The aquifer question describes an underground layer of rock that holds water and asks what it is called.
Which state capital dates back to 1610?
Santa Fe, New Mexico. It became a capital in 1610, when the area was a Spanish province, and it is the oldest capital city in the United States. Every capital and year in State capitals comes from one table, Wikipedia's list of United States capitals.