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Alabama 7th Grade Math Standards

All 22 Alabama math standards for 7th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Alabama State Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

22 standards

Proportional Reasoning

3 standards
7.1
Find unit rates for lengths, areas and other quantities, including rates built from fractions, like walking 1/2 mile in 1/4 hour is 2 miles per hour.
7.2
Test whether two quantities are proportional with tables or graphs, find the constant of proportionality, write it as y = kx, and explain graph points like the origin.
7.3
Solve multi-step percent problems with proportions, like sales tax, tips, commissions, fees, simple interest, markups, discounts and percent increase or decrease.

Number Systems and Operations

2 standards
7.4
Use all four operations with positive and negative numbers, explaining sign rules with number lines and opposites, and write fractions as decimals that end or repeat.
7.5
Solve problems with all four operations on rational numbers, including complex fractions like 1/2 over 3/4, using properties of operations as shortcuts.

Algebra and Functions

4 standards
7.6
Combine, factor and expand linear expressions, like rewriting 3(x + 2) as 3x + 6 or 2x + 5x as 7x.
Common Core 7.EE.1
7.7
Rewrite an expression in an equivalent form that fits a situation and explain the link, like a + 0.05a = 1.05a meaning a 5% increase.
7.8
Solve multi-step problems with integers, signed fractions and decimals, switching between forms as needed, and check answers with mental math and estimation.
7.9
Use variables to write expressions, equations and inequalities for problems, solve equations like px + q = r and inequalities like px + q > r, and graph the solutions.

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

7 standards
7.10
Use samples to draw conclusions about a population, explaining why random samples are representative, comparing several samples to see variation, and spotting possible bias.
7.11
Estimate how much two data sets with similar spread overlap and express the gap between their centers as a multiple of their spread, like twice the mean absolute deviation.
7.12
Compare two populations informally using their centers, their spread or mean absolute deviation, like comparing typical heights of 7th graders and 4th graders.
7.13
Express the chance of an event as a number from 0 to 1, explaining that bigger numbers mean more likely and numbers close to 0 mean unlikely.
7.14
Build probability models where outcomes are or are not equally likely, use collected data to predict probabilities, and explain gaps between the model and observed results.
7.15
Estimate a probability by running a simulation, compare the experimental result with the theoretical probability, and use long-run frequencies to predict outcomes.
7.16
Find probabilities of simple and compound events using lists, tables, tree diagrams and simulations, as fractions, decimals or percents, like two coins both landing heads.

Geometry and Measurement

6 standards
7.17
Solve problems with scale drawings, finding real lengths and areas from a drawing and redrawing it at a new scale, like a floor plan where 1 inch is 4 feet.
7.18
Draw shapes to fit given measures by hand, with ruler and protractor, or with technology, especially triangles from three sides or angles, noting if one, several or none fit.
7.19
Describe the flat shapes made by slicing solid figures, like the rectangle you get when cutting a rectangular prism parallel to its base.
7.20
Explain how a circle's radius, diameter, circumference and area are related, informally derive the area formula, and solve real problems with circle area and circumference.
7.21
Write and solve simple equations for a missing angle using supplementary, complementary, vertical and adjacent angle facts, including multi-step problems.
7.22
Solve real-world and math problems about area, volume and surface area of shapes and solids built from triangles, quadrilaterals, other polygons, cubes and right rectangular prisms.

The official Alabama documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Alabama's standards, not the official wording, which Alabama State Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.