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7th Grade Math
Problems
28 7th grade math problems
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examples
7th grade
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We’ve created 28 7th grade math problems for your classroom. These are suitable for
use as:
Additional practice before an assessment
A Do Now activity
An Exit Slip to check for understanding after a lesson
Math teachers designed these problems to build on students’ math skills and help to
prepare them for the rigor expected ahead in 8th grade and in high school courses like
Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics.
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7th Grade Math Problems
Four operations
Solve −4 + 10 . Use the number line.
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Solution:
Solve: −8 − 12. Use the number line.
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Solution:
-20
Solve: 4(−3)(−2)
Solution:
24
Bill said the answer to −3 − 12 is 9. What mistake did he make? What is the correct answer?
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Solution:
Bill knows that the opposite of subtraction is addition, but he forgot to take the opposite of
12, so he re-wrote the problem as −3 + 12. Since we are subtracting 12 from −3, the answer
is the same as −3 + −12, which is −15.
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7th Grade Math Problems
Order of operations
Solve: 2(10 − 8) ÷ 2 + 4
Solution:
2(10 − 8) ÷ 2 + 4
2(2) ÷ 2 + 4
4 ÷ 2 + 4
2 + 4
Solve: (3 + 10 ÷ 2 − 6) × 6
Solution:
(3 + 10 ÷ 2 − 6) × 6
(3 + 5 − 6) × 6
(8 − 6) × 6
2 × 6
12
Solve: −5(8) ÷ 2 + 6
Solution:
−5(8) ÷ 2 + 6
−40 ÷ 2 + 6
−20 + 6
−14
Solve: (−2)³ − 2 + 6 ÷ 3
Solution:
(−2)³ − 2 + 6 ÷ 3
−8 − 2 + 6 ÷ 3
−8 − 2 + 2
−10 + 2
−8
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7th Grade Math Problems
Percentages
Isabella got 16 out of 40 questions wrong on her quiz. What percent did she get correct?
Solution:
16 2 40
can be simplified to , which is equivalent to or 40%. If Isabella got 40%
40 5 100
incorrect, she got 60% correct (100 - 40 = 60).
38
Without doing any computation, explain whether is greater than or less than 50%.
72
Solution:
38 36 1
is greater than 50%. is equivalent to , which is equivalent to 50%.
72 72 2
38
Since 38 is a little greater than 36, is a little greater than 50%.
72
3 3 35
Put the following in order from least to greatest: , 76% , 0.68 , , , 0.702
4 5 50
Solution:
3 35 3
, 0.68 , , 0.702 , , 76%
5 50 4
A store marked all shoes on sale for 30% off. What percent will Sam pay for shoes? Explain.
Solution:
Sam will pay 70% for shoes. The full price is 100%, so if 30% is saved, the remaining 70%
will be the sales price.
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7th Grade Math Problems
Proportional relationships
5 + 2
=
6 15
Solution:
6 ( + 2) = 5(15)
6 + 12 = 75
−12 −12
6 63
=
6 6
= 10.5
Three out of every five students are wearing jeans. If there are 20 students in total,
how many are wearing jeans?
Solution:
3
=
5 20
3 (20) = 5
60 = 5
12 =
Three out of every five students are wearing jeans. If there are 20 students in all,
how many are not wearing jeans?
Solution:
3
From the last problem, we saw that is the same as the 12 students wearing jeans. If
5
there are 20 students total, we can subtract the 12 wearing jeans from the 20 total to find
that 8 are not wearing jeans. We could also set up this proportion and solve to get 8.
2
=
5 20
A museum requires 12 chaperones for the 60 students attending the field trip.
How many students are assigned to each chaperone?
Solution:
12 1 Each chaperone will have a group of 5 students.
=
60
12 = 60(1)
12 = 60
= 5
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7th Grade Math Problems
One-step equations and two-step equations
Solve: + 7.1 = 15.9
Solution:
+ 7.1 = 15.9
−7.1 −7.1
= 8.8
Solve: − 63 = 106.75
Solution:
− 63 = 106.75
+63 +63
= 169.75
Solve: 6( + 3) = −6
Solution:
6 + 18 = −6
−18 −18
6 −24
=
6 6
= −4
Solve: 0.5 + 10 = 36
Solution:
0.5 +10 = 36
−10 −10
0.5 = 26
= 52
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7th Grade Math Problems
Geometry
Madison measured this angle with her protractor and said “It is 60°.” Without measuring the angle,
Bella said she could tell Madison’s answer was incorrect. How did Bella know this?
Solution:
Bella knew this angle could not be 60° because this angle is obtuse but a 60° angle is
acute.
Find the circumference of the circle.
15 m
Solution:
C = πd
C = 15π
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7th Grade Math Problems
Geometry
Use the figure to fill in the blanks:
Angles A and B are _____________________________ angles so their measures are
_______________________________.
Solution:
Angles A and B are vertical angles so their measures are equal.
Find the value of .
Solution:
5 + 4 = 90
9 = 90
= 10
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7th Grade Math Problems
Math word problems
The 7th Graders at Marxville Middle School voted for their student council representatives. There
were 200 votes cast in all. How many votes did the winner get?
Votes
Lamont
Jen
28% 24%
Scott
18%
Alexandra
30%
Solution:
Alexandra won the election with 30% of the votes. To find 30% of the 200 total votes,
we can multiply 0.3 (200) to discover that she got 60 votes in all.
Brian runs every 12 days and Stella every 8 days. Both Brian and Stella ran today. How many days
will it be before they both run on the same day again?
Solution:
This is a Least Common Multiple problem. Brian runs on days 12, 24, 36, 48… and Stella runs
on days 8, 16, 24, 32…, so they will both run again on Day 24.
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7th Grade Math Problems
Math word problems
3
Mr. Orlando is planting his vegetable garden this summer. He plants of the garden with
4
1 1
peppers and with tomatoes. Of the peppers, are red peppers. What fraction of the entire
4 3
garden will be red peppers?
Peppers Tomatoes
Red
Peppers
Solution:
1 3 1 3 1
Red peppers will make up of (the pepper section) of the garden. × = ,
3 4 3 4 4
1
so of the entire garden will consist of red peppers.
4
Will the product of -45(96) be positive or negative? Without solving, how do you know?
Solution:
The answer will be negative. Multiplying a negative number by a positive one always leads to
a negative product.
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