At each grade level in the Standards, one or two fluencies are expected:
| Grade | Required Fluency |
| K | Add/subtract within 5 |
| 1 | Add/subtract within 10 |
| 2 |
Add/subtract within 201 Add/subtract within 100 (pencil and paper) |
| 3 |
Multiply/divide within 1002 Add/subtract within 1000 |
| 4 | Add/subtract within 1,000,000 |
| 5 | Multi-digit multiplication |
| 6 |
Multi-digit division Multi-digit decimal operations |
| 7 | Solve px + q = r, p(x+q) = r |
| 8 | Solve simple 2x2 systems by inspection |
Fluent in the Standards means "fast and accurate." It might also help to think of fluency as meaning the same thing as when we say that somebody is fluent in a foreign language; when you are fluent, you flow. Fluent isn't halting, stumbling, or reversing oneself.
In the old days, many of us used flashcards to learn our facts. However, Millville School District is now using Reflex Math, a computerizer math program that focuses on fluency.
1 By end of year, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers
2 By end of year, know from memory all products of two one-digit mumbers