“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

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Laila Klare, 11, works on a math problem during a sixth grade math class on Aug. 18, 2014, at Dundee Elementary School in Omaha. Fourth grade math is hard. Jenni DeWitt is married and has two sons, ...