West Virginia K–6 mathematics standards
West Virginia writes its own mathematics standards. They are published as West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Mathematics, adopted 2024 and are not a version of a national framework. 218 of 234 are matched to a national standard.
- Framework
- West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Mathematics
- Adopted
- 2024
- Source last checked
- August 2, 2026
234 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade
- M.K.1K
- M.K.2K
- M.K.3K
- M.K.4.aK
- M.K.4.bK
- M.K.4.cK
- M.K.5K
- M.K.6K
- M.K.7K
- M.K.8K
- M.K.9K
- M.K.10K
- M.K.11K
- M.K.12K
- M.K.13K
- M.K.14K
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and larger two-digit numbers by using objects or drawings and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones (one ten) and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
- M.K.15K
- M.K.16K
- M.K.17K
- M.K.18K
- M.K.19K
- M.K.20K
- M.K.21K
- M.K.22K
- M.K.23K
- M.K.24K
- M.K.25K
- MHM1K–6
- MHM2K–6
- MHM3K–6
- MHM4K–6
- MHM5K–6
- MHM6K–6
- MHM7K–6
- MHM8K–6
- M.1.11
Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions (e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).
- M.1.21
- M.1.31
- M.1.41
- M.1.51
- M.1.61
Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10 and use strategies such as · counting on; · making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); · decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); · using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8= 4); and · creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 +7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).
- M.1.71
Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false (e.g., Which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 – 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2). Recognize the difference between an expression (3 + 5) and an equation (3 + 5=8).
- M.1.81
- M.1.91
- M.1.10.a1
- M.1.10.b1
- M.1.10.c1
- M.1.111
- M.1.121
Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones, and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
- M.1.131
- M.1.141
Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences) using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
- M.1.151
- M.1.161
- M.1.171
- M.1.181
- M.1.191
- M.1.201
- M.1.211
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape and compose new shapes from the composite shape.
- M.1.221
Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths and quarters and use the phrases half of, fourth of and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares and understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.
- M.1.231
- M.2.12
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions (e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).
- M.2.22
- M.2.32
- M.2.42
- M.2.52
- M.2.6.a2
- M.2.6.b2
- M.2.72
- M.2.82
- M.2.92
- M.2.102
- M.2.112
- M.2.122
Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
- M.2.132
- M.2.142
- M.2.152
- M.2.162
- M.2.172
- M.2.182
- M.2.192
- M.2.202
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- M.2.222
- M.2.232
- M.2.242
- M.2.252
- M.2.262
- M.2.272
- M.3.13
- M.3.23
Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each (e.g., describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8).
- M.3.33
- M.3.43
- M.3.53
Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide (e.g., if 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known: Commutative Property of Multiplication; 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30: Associative Property of Multiplication; knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56: Distributive Property).
- M.3.63
- M.3.73
- M.3.83
- M.3.93
- M.3.103
- M.3.113
- M.3.123
- M.3.133
- M.3.143
- M.3.153
- M.3.16.a3
Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line (e.g., given that b parts is 4 parts, then 1/b represents ¼; students partition the number line into fourths and locate ¼ on the number line).
- M.3.16.b3
Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line (e.g., given that a/b represents ¾ or 6/4, students partition the number line into fourths and represent these fractions accurately on the same number line; students extend the number line to include the number of wholes required for the given fractions).
- M.3.17.a3
- M.3.17.b3
- M.3.17.c3
- M.3.17.d3
Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, = or < and justify the conclusions (e.g., by using a visual fraction model).\
- M.3.183
- M.3.193
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg) and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units (e.g., by using drawings, such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
- M.3.203
- M.3.213
- M.3.22.a3
- M.3.22.b3
- M.3.233
- M.3.24.a3
- M.3.24.b3
- M.3.24.c3
- M.3.24.d3
- M.3.253
- M.3.263
Understand that shapes in distinct categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides) and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
- M.3.273
- M.4.14
- M.4.24
- M.4.34
Solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
- M.4.44
Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1–100, recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is prime or composite.
- M.4.54
Generate a number pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself (e.g., given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers; explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way).
- M.4.64
- M.4.74
- M.4.84
- M.4.94
- M.4.104
- M.4.114
Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, area models, and/or partial quotients.
- M.4.124
- M.4.134
Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators (e.g., by creating common denominators or common numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as ½). Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, = or <, and justify the conclusions by using a visual fraction model.
- M.4.14.a4
- M.4.14.b4
- M.4.14.c4
- M.4.14.d4
- M.4.15.a4
- M.4.15.b4
- M.4.15.c4
Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., If each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?).
- M.4.164
- M.4.174
- M.4.184
- M.4.194
Know relative sizes of measurement units within a system of units, including the metric system (km, m, cm; kg, g; l, ml), the customary system (lb., oz.), and time (hr., min., sec.). Within one system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table (e.g., know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in; express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in; generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36), ...).
- M.4.204
Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
- M.4.214
- M.4.224
Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (½, ¼, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators by using information presented in line plots (e.g., from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection).
- M.4.23.a4
An angle is measured with reference to a circle with its center at the common endpoint of the rays, by considering the fraction of the circular arc between the points where the two rays intersect the circle. An angle that turns through 1/360 of a circle is called a "one-degree angle," and can be used for measuring angles.
- M.4.23.b4
- M.4.244
- M.4.254
Recognize angle measure as additive. When an angle is decomposed into non-overlapping parts, the angle measure of the whole is the sum of the angle measures of the parts. Solve addition and subtraction problems to find unknown angles on a diagram in real-world and mathematical problems (e.g., by using an equation with a symbol for the unknown angle measure).
- M.4.264
- M.4.274
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- M.5.15
- M.5.25
Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them (e.g., express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7); recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product).
- M.5.35
Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane (e.g., given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 0 and given the rule "Add 6" and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence; explain informally why this is so).
- M.5.45
- M.5.55
- M.5.6.a5
- M.5.6.b5
- M.5.75
- M.5.85
- M.5.95
Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, area models, and/or partial quotients.
- M.5.105
- M.5.115
- M.5.125
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers (e.g., recognize an incorrect result 2/5 + ½ = 3/7, by observing that 3/7 < ½).
- M.5.135
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem (e.g., interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that ¾ multiplied by 4 equals 3 and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size ¾).
- M.5.14.a5
Interpret the product (a/b) × q as a number of parts of a partition of q into b equal parts; equivalently, as the result of a sequence of operations a × q ÷ b (e.g., use a visual fraction model to show (2/3) × 4 = 8/3 and create a story context for this equation; do the same with (2/3) × (4/5) = 8/15).
- M.5.14.b5
Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.
- M.5.15.a5
- M.5.15.b5
Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n×a)/(n×b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.
- M.5.165
- M.5.17.a5
Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number and compute such quotients (e.g., create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4 and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3) ÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) × 4 = 1/3).
- M.5.17.b5
- M.5.17.c5
Solve real-world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share ½ lb. of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?).
- M.5.185
- M.5.195
Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (½, ¼, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots (e.g., given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally).
- M.5.20.a5
- M.5.20.b5
- M.5.215
- M.5.22.a5
Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes (e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication).
- M.5.22.b5
- M.5.22.c5
- M.5.235
Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines, the origin, arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of the horizontal axis (x-axis) and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the vertical axis (y-axis), with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).
- M.5.245
- M.5.255
- M.5.265
- M.6.16
Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities (e.g., "The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak." "For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.").
- M.6.26
Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0 and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship (e.g., "This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is ¾ cup of flour for each cup of sugar." "We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.").
- M.6.3.a6
- M.6.3.b6
- M.6.3.c6
- M.6.3.d6
- M.6.46
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem (e.g., create a story context for (2/3) ÷ (¾) and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (2/3) ÷ (¾) = 8/9 because ¾ of 8/9 is 2/3. [In general, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = ad/bc.] How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share ½ lb or 1½ lb of chocolate equally? How many ¾-cup servings are in 2/3 of a cup or 5/3 of a cup of yogurt? How wide is a rectangular strip of land with length ¾ mi and area ½ square mi?).
- M.6.56
- M.6.66
- M.6.76
Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12. Use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1–100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor (e.g., express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2)).
- M.6.86
Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.
- M.6.9.a6
- M.6.9.b6
- M.6.9.c6
- M.6.10.a6
- M.6.10.b6
- M.6.10.c6
Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation (e.g., for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars).
- M.6.10.d6
- M.6.116
- M.6.126
- M.6.13.a6
- M.6.13.b6
Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity (e.g., describe the expression 2 (8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms).
- M.6.13.c6
Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order: Order of Operations (e.g., use the formulas V = s³ and A = 6 s² to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = ½).
- M.6.146
Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions (e.g., apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y).
- M.6.156
- M.6.166
- M.6.176
- M.6.18.a6
- M.6.18.b6
- M.6.196
Write and identify an inequality of the form x > c, x < c, x ≥ c, or x ≤ c, to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c, x < c, x ≥ c, or x ≤ c, have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.
- M.6.206
Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation (e.g., in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times; write the equation d = 65t to represent the relationship between distance and time).
- M.6.216
- M.6.226
Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = lwh and V = Bh to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
- M.6.236
- M.6.246
- M.6.256
Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers (e.g., "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but "How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students' ages).
- M.6.266
- M.6.276
- M.6.286
- M.6.29.a6
- M.6.29.b6
- M.6.29.c6
- M.6.29.d6