What a 7th grader learns in math and reading

7th grade · the Common Core skills, in plain words · updated 2026-11-02

This is the whole list: 24 math skills and 14 reading skills a 7th grader is expected to learn, with the Common Core code next to each one. In math, 7th grade is mostly statistics and probability, geometry, expressions and equations. In reading, the weight is on language and literature.

Math: 7th grade

Ratios and proportions

• Rates with fractions 7.RP.A.1 — Divide the distance by the time.
• Proportional amounts 7.RP.A.2 — Find the times number from x to y. It is the same every time.
• Percent problems 7.RP.A.3 — Find the percent of the price, then take it off or add it on.

The number system

• Adding with minus numbers 7.NS.A.1 — Picture a number line. Taking away a minus is the same as adding.
• Minus times and divide 7.NS.A.2 — Work out the size first. Same signs give plus, different signs give minus.
• Minus numbers in stories 7.NS.A.3 — Start at the first number on a line. Up or rising moves right, down or falling moves left.

Expressions and equations

• Like terms 7.EE.A.1 — Add the numbers in front of x. Spread a times over the bracket.
• Rewriting expressions 7.EE.A.2 — A 5% raise on p is p + 0.05p, which is 1.05p.
• Many-step stories 7.EE.B.3 — Work out one part at a time: the cost first, then the change.
• Equations and inequalities 7.EE.B.4 — Undo the plus first. Then undo the times. An inequality works the same way.

Geometry

• Scale drawings 7.G.A.1 — Each cm stands for the same distance. Multiply.
• Making a triangle 7.G.A.2 — The two short sides together must reach past the long side.
• Slicing solids 7.G.A.3 — Picture the cut face. A straight cut across a box shows a rectangle.
• Circle area and circumference 7.G.B.4 — Area: 3.14 times the radius times itself. Around: 3.14 times the distance across.
• Angle pairs 7.G.B.5 — Supplementary adds to 180°. Complementary adds to 90°. Angles across a cross are equal.
• Volume and surface 7.G.B.6 — Volume: base area times height. Surface: add the area of every face.

Statistics and probability

• Fair samples 7.SP.A.1 — A fair sample is picked at random from everyone, not just one group.
• Guess from a sample 7.SP.A.2 — Grow the sample to the whole group by the same times.
• Two dot plots 7.SP.B.3 — Look where each pile of dots sits. Further right is higher.
• Comparing groups 7.SP.B.4 — Find each group’s middle number, then compare.
• Chance of events 7.SP.C.5 — The ones you want on top, all of them on the bottom. 0 is never, 1 is sure.
• Expected counts 7.SP.C.6 — Chance times the number of tries tells you about how many.
• Spinner chances 7.SP.C.7 — Equal parts means each part gets the same chance.
• Two events at once 7.SP.C.8 — Both at once: multiply the two chances, or count the outcomes.

Reading: 7th grade

Language

• Phrases and clauses L.7.1a — A clause has a subject and a verb. A phrase does not.
• Kinds of sentences L.7.1b — Simple: one clause. Compound: two joined. Complex: a dependent clause added.
• Misplaced modifiers L.7.1c — Put the describing phrase next to the word it describes.
• Commas between adjectives L.7.2a — If you could put and between them, use a comma: a big, friendly dog.
• Context clues L.7.4a — Use the sentence and the paragraph.
• Roots and affixes L.7.4b — Latin and Greek roots unlock hundreds of words.
• Allusions and figures L.7.5a — An allusion points to a famous story, person or event.
• Shades of meaning L.7.5c — Which word fits the feeling the writer wants?

Literature

• Theme over a text RL.7.2 — Trace the theme from the start to the end.
• Setting, plot and character RL.7.3 — How does the setting shape what the characters do?
• Contrasting points of view RL.7.6 — How do two characters see the same event differently?

Informational text

• Central ideas RI.7.2 — There may be two central ideas. How do they connect?
• Evaluating an argument RI.7.8 — Is the reasoning sound? Is the evidence enough?
• Word choice and tone RI.7.4 — How do the chosen words set the tone?

Reading practice includes 30 short texts at this level, among them 6 science and 6 history passages, with questions that check understanding.

SAT: from 7th grade

From 7th grade, SAT practice can be turned on as a third subject on the same login: a 16-question diagnostic sets a projected score out of 1600, then 10 questions a day on the SAT skills worth the most points, with hints that stop before the answer and timed checks at SAT pace.

How Teach Me uses this list

The check asks a few questions from this grade and the ones around it to find where your child really is, which is often not the grade on the door. Each day's set then comes from the skills they have not got yet. A skill counts as known when they get it right on their own, more than once. Parents see which skills are open and which are solid, and can point the practice at any topic above.

Teach Me is free. It follows the Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts; high school math follows California's traditional pathway (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus).

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