Grade 4 · Maths
Grade 4 Maths
CAPS topics, what the exam tests, and free practice tests
Maths in the intermediate and senior phase follows five content areas in CAPS: numbers and operations, patterns and algebra, space and shape, measurement, and data handling. The exam is written as two papers. In Grade 4 the work splits into two parts: Numbers, Operations and Patterns (Paper 1 work) and Space, Measurement and Data Handling (Paper 2 work).
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Primary school tests and papers
What Grade 4 Maths covers
Numbers, Operations and Patterns · Paper 1 work
- Place value and expanded notation
- Compare and order whole numbers
- Rounding to 10, 100 and 1 000
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division and long division
- Multiples and factors
- Properties of operations
- Fractions: compare, equivalent and add
- Fraction of a quantity
- Numeric and geometric patterns
- Number sentences and inverse operations
- Flow diagrams
- Word problems
- Ratio
- Ascending and descending order
- Number lines
- Number puzzles: product, sum and difference
Space, Measurement and Data Handling · Paper 2 work
- Time: analogue, digital and elapsed
- Length and conversion
- Mass and conversion
- Capacity and volume
- Perimeter
- Area
- 2D shapes and quadrilaterals
- 3D objects
- Data handling and bar graphs
- Symmetry
- Position and movement
- Reading the measuring jug
- Data handling: tables and graphs
- Shapes inside a figure
- Temperature
- Volume: counting cubes
- Money: rand and cents
- Probability: how likely?
- Transformations: slide, flip and turn
- Extension: measurement with decimals (Grade 6 work)
- Extension: the mode (Grade 5 work)
Grade 4 maths topic tests
One test per topic on MeerkatSkool, each with sample questions and the term it is taught in.
- Grade 4 place value test
- Grade 4 addition test
- Grade 4 subtraction test
- Grade 4 multiplication test
- Grade 4 division test
- Grade 4 fractions test
- Grade 4 geometry test
- Grade 4 measurement test
- Grade 4 position test
- Grade 4 symmetry test
- Grade 4 money test
- Grade 4 number sentences test
- Grade 4 patterns test
- Grade 4 perimeter and area test
- Grade 4 rounding test
- Grade 4 time test
- Grade 4 data handling test
- Grade 4 word problems test
How the tests work
Every Grade 4 maths question is generated fresh, so the numbers change on every attempt — 297 question types across 39 topics. A child can do the same topic ten times and never see the same sum twice.
Choose 10, 25 or 50 questions. Every answer comes with an explanation, not just a tick or a cross. It works on a phone, needs no sign-up, and no marks or names are stored.
Questions parents ask
What does Grade 4 Maths cover?
In Grade 4 the work splits into two parts: Numbers, Operations and Patterns (Paper 1 work) and Space, Measurement and Data Handling (Paper 2 work). Topics include Place value and expanded notation, Compare and order whole numbers, Rounding to 10, 100 and 1 000, Addition and subtraction and more — 39 in total.
How many practice questions are there for Grade 4 Maths?
The questions are generated, so there is no fixed number: 297 question types across 39 topics, with new numbers every time.
Are the Grade 4 Maths tests free?
Yes. The online tests are free, with no sign-up and no adverts.
Do the tests follow CAPS?
Yes. The topics follow the CAPS curriculum for Grade 4, and the questions are written from what real Grade 4 tests and exam papers ask.