Academics · Grade 4
Math Olympiad 4
Fourth graders take on problems with no obvious next step—and learn the moves that crack them.
Course overview
- Homework: 45 minutes a week
- Prerequisite: Math Olympiad 3, or placement
What you’ll learn
Mental Math
Regrouping factors to make tens, ×15 by halving and ÷5 by doubling, adding unit fractions in the head, and finding remainders from the digit sum alone.
Skill Builder
The distributive property, Gauss’s trick for summing long runs, calendar arithmetic, fractions with related denominators, and the first one-step equations.
Problem Solving
Logic tables and the box method, systematic counting of arrangements, number riddles, and fraction word problems built on part-whole models.
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A fourth grader who has the basics down and is ready to reason, not just compute faster. New to Ardent? A short placement confirms the fit. Schedule a placement →