7th grade Math
22 units matched to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Focus areas
- Number and operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers
- Proportionality: rates, percents, scale drawings, circles and probability
- Expressions, equations and relationships: two-step equations and inequalities, angles, volume and surface area
- Measurement, data and financial literacy: samples and populations, sales and income tax, budgets, net worth and interest
Units
Unit 1
Add & Subtract Integers
Adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers with number lines, temperatures and elevations, including the idea that subtracting a number is the same as adding its opposite.
TEKS student expectation: 7.3(A) · adding and subtracting rational numbers, including negative numbers
Unit 2
Multiply & Divide Signed Numbers
Multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers (including fractions), using the sign rules, and real-world changes such as falling temperatures.
TEKS student expectation: 7.3(A); 7.3(B) · multiplying and dividing rational numbers, including negative numbers
Unit 3
Fractions
Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators, and multiplying and dividing a fraction by a fraction.
TEKS student expectation: 7.3(A) · adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions
Unit 4
Decimal Operations
All four operations with decimals, estimating to check answers, ordering decimals, and money problems such as unit prices.
TEKS student expectation: 7.3(A); 7.3(B) · computing with decimals in multi-step problems
Unit 5
Proportional Relationships
Deciding whether a table shows a proportional relationship, finding the constant of proportionality, writing y = kx, and unit rates with fractions.
TEKS student expectation: 7.4(A); 7.4(B); 7.4(C) · constant rates, unit rates and the constant of proportionality
Unit 6
Percents & Proportions
Knowing common fraction, decimal and percent equivalents, increasing and decreasing numbers by 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 100%, and deciding whether a relationship is proportional.
TEKS student expectation: 7.4(D) · ratios, rates and percents, including percent increase and decrease
Unit 7
Fractions, Decimals & Percents
Moving between fractions, decimals (including repeating decimals) and percents, finding a percent of a number, and simplifying and scaling ratios.
TEKS student expectation: 7.3(A); 7.4(D) · fractions, decimals and percents in percent problems
Unit 8
Scale Drawings
Finding real lengths and areas from a scale drawing or map, and redrawing at a different scale.
TEKS student expectation: 7.5(A); 7.5(C) · similar shapes and scale drawings
Unit 9
Circles
Using radius, diameter and π (about 3.14) to find the distance around a circle and the area inside it, including real objects like wheels and pizzas.
TEKS student expectation: 7.5(B); 7.8(C); 7.9(B) · π, and the circumference and area of circles
Unit 10
Volume
Finding volume as base area × height for boxes and cylinders, working backwards to a missing dimension, and linking cm³ to milliliters and liters.
TEKS student expectation: 7.9(A) · volume of prisms
Unit 11
Nets & Surface Area
Using nets made of rectangles and triangles to find the surface area of prisms and pyramids.
TEKS student expectation: 7.9(D) · lateral and total surface area of prisms and pyramids with nets
Unit 12
Probability
Listing outcomes of two independent events (like a coin and a die), finding theoretical probabilities by multiplying, and comparing them with experimental results.
TEKS student expectation: 7.6(A); 7.6(D); 7.6(I) · sample spaces and theoretical probability of simple and compound events
Unit 13
Dependent Events
Telling independent from dependent events and finding the probability of two events, with and without putting the first item back.
TEKS student expectation: 7.6(A); 7.6(D) · tree diagrams and the probability of compound events
Unit 14
Samples & Populations
Telling a sample from a population, choosing a fair random sample, and using sample results to estimate for a whole population.
TEKS student expectation: 7.6(F); 7.12(B) · using a random sample to make inferences about a population
Unit 15
Circle Graphs
Reading and building circle graphs: turning percents into numbers of people and sector angles (out of 360°), and comparing categories.
TEKS student expectation: 7.6(G) · solving part-to-whole problems with circle graphs
Unit 16
Mean, Median & Mode
Mean, median, mode and range, and how an outlier changes them.
TEKS student expectation: 7.12(A) · comparing two groups of data by their centers and spreads
Unit 17
Linear Relations
Finding the rule behind growing patterns, writing expressions like 3n + 2, and connecting tables, graphs and real situations such as rental costs.
TEKS student expectation: 7.7 · linear relationships in words, tables, graphs and equations of the form y = mx + b
Unit 18
Two-Step Equations
Solving equations like 3x + 5 = 26 by undoing each step on both sides, writing equations from word problems and checking solutions.
TEKS student expectation: 7.10(A); 7.11(A) · writing and solving two-step equations
Unit 19
Algebra Moves
Combining like terms, evaluating expressions with decimals, solving two-step equations, and finding and graphing solutions to inequalities.
TEKS student expectation: 7.10(B); 7.11(B) · two-step equations and inequalities on a number line, and checking solutions
Unit 20
Angle Relationships
Using complementary, supplementary, vertical and adjacent angles to find a missing angle, sometimes with a simple equation.
TEKS student expectation: 7.11(C) · writing and solving equations with angle relationships
Unit 21
Tips, Discounts & Interest
Your child uses percents to find tips, sale prices and percent discounts, compares two sales, and finds simple interest on savings.
TEKS student expectation: 7.4(D); 7.13(E); 7.13(F) · percent problems with tips, discounts and sales, and simple interest
Unit 22
Taxes, Net Worth & Interest
Personal financial literacy: your child finds sales tax and income tax, names the parts of a budget, builds a net worth statement from assets and liabilities, uses a family budget to find the wage a family needs, compares simple and compound interest, and compares sales, rebates and coupons.
TEKS student expectation: 7.13(A); 7.13(B); 7.13(C); 7.13(D); 7.13(E); 7.13(F) · sales and income tax, budgets, net worth, family budgets, simple and compound interest, and sales, rebates and coupons
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