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Louisiana Standards

Louisiana 7th Grade Math Standards

All 24 Louisiana math standards for 7th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Louisiana Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

24 standards

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

3 standards
7.RP.A.1
Find unit rates from ratios of fractions, like walking 1/2 mile every 1/4 hour is 2 miles per hour, for lengths, areas and other quantities.
7.RP.A.2
Decide whether two quantities are proportional, find the constant of proportionality, and write the relationship as an equation like t = pn.
Common Core 7.RP.2
7.RP.A.3
Solve multi-step ratio and percent problems with proportions, including simple interest, tax, markups, discounts, tips, commissions, fees, percent change and percent error.

The Number System

3 standards
7.NS.A.1
Add and subtract positive and negative numbers, including fractions and decimals, knowing that subtracting a number is adding its opposite.
Common Core 7.NS.1
7.NS.A.2
Multiply and divide positive and negative numbers, including the sign rules, and turn any fraction into a decimal that ends or repeats.
Common Core 7.NS.2
7.NS.A.3
Solve word problems that mix all four operations with positive and negative fractions and decimals.
Common Core 7.NS.3

Expressions and Equations

4 standards
7.EE.A.1
Use properties of operations to combine, factor and expand linear expressions that have rational coefficients and nested grouping symbols, like 3[x + (2x - 1/2)].
7.EE.A.2
See what a rewritten expression reveals, like a + 0.05a = 1.05a showing that a 5% increase is the same as multiplying by 1.05.
Common Core 7.EE.2
7.EE.B.3
Solve multi-step problems with positive and negative whole numbers, fractions and decimals, switching forms as needed and checking answers by estimating.
Common Core 7.EE.3
7.EE.B.4
Write and solve two-step equations like 3x + 5 = 20 and inequalities like 3x + 5 > 20 from word problems, and graph the inequality's solutions.
Common Core 7.EE.4

Geometry

6 standards
7.G.A.1
Use scale drawings of figures to find actual lengths and areas, and redraw a scale drawing at a different scale.
7.G.A.2
Draw shapes with given conditions by hand, with ruler and protractor, or with technology, focusing on whether three side or angle measures make one triangle, many, or none.
7.G.A.3
Describe the flat shape you get when you slice through a rectangular box or pyramid.
Common Core 7.G.3
7.G.B.4
Use the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle, and explain how the two are connected.
Common Core 7.G.4
7.G.B.5
Find an unknown angle by writing an equation from angle facts, like two angles on a straight line adding to 180 degrees.
Common Core 7.G.5
7.G.B.6
Solve real-world problems on area, volume and surface area of shapes built from triangles, quadrilaterals, other polygons, cubes and right prisms, plus pyramid surface area.

Statistics and Probability

8 standards
7.SP.A.1
Understand that a random sample can tell you about a whole population, but only if the sample fairly represents it.
Common Core 7.SP.1
7.SP.A.2
Use a random sample to estimate something about a population, and take several samples to see how much the estimate might vary.
Common Core 7.SP.2
7.SP.B.3
Judge informally how much two data sets with similar spread overlap, using median or mean and IQR or mean absolute deviation, and describe patterns and outliers in context.
7.SP.B.4
Use the mean, median and spread of two random samples to decide how two populations compare.
Common Core 7.SP.4
7.SP.C.5
Explain that a probability is a number from 0 to 1, where values near 0 mean unlikely, about 1/2 means neither likely nor unlikely, and near 1 means likely.
7.SP.C.6
Estimate a probability from many trials, and predict outcomes from a probability, like rolling a 3 or 6 about 200 times in 600 rolls.
Common Core 7.SP.6
7.SP.C.7
Build a probability model, either with equally likely outcomes or from observed data, and explain when results do not match it.
Common Core 7.SP.7
7.SP.C.8
Find the probability of a compound event, like rolling double sixes, by listing outcomes in a table or tree diagram or by running a simulation.
Common Core 7.SP.8

The official Louisiana documents

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