Math 7 Course Topics

1. Angle Relationships

This unit explores relationships between pairs of angles.  Students will draw shapes based on descriptions of angles and side lengths.    Click here for an overview of Unit 1 including the student self-assessment.

2. Rational Number Arithmetic

This unit explores both integers and rational numbers, building off of students' conceptual understanding of number sets from grade 6.  We will apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers.  Click here for an overview of Unit 2 including the student self-assessment.

3. Scale Drawing and Proportional Relationships

This unit uses students' knowledge of geometric figures to introduce the concept of scale factor, and scale drawings.  We will solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, such as computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.  Click here for an overview of Unit 3 including the student self-assessment.  

4. Ratios and Proportions

In this unit, students will begin to understand how proportional relationships express how quantities change in relationship to each other.  Students will work flexibly with models to support their understanding of rates, unit rates, and proportional relationships.  We will analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.  Click here for an overview of Unit 4 including the student self-assessment.

5. Expressions, Equations and Inequalities

This unit will build off of students' exposure to simple expressions, equations and inequalities from grade 6, and build student foundational knowledge in algebra.  We will use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions, solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities.  Click here for an overview of Unit 5 including the student self-assessment.

6. Geometry

In this unit, students will further their understanding of area, surface area and volume.  Students can expect to work more with formulas in this unit, applying their algebra knowledge in this context.  We will solve real-life and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.  Click here for an overview of Unit 6 including the student self-assessment.

7. Probability and Statistics

This unit is building off of students' previous understanding of data and statistics, and adding in an introduction to probability.  Students will look at measures of central tendency, explore ways to represent data sets, and determine the probability of an event.  We will use random sampling to draw inferences about a population, draw informal comparative inferences about two populations, investigate chance processes and develop, use and evaluate probability models.   Click here for an overview of Unit 7 including the student self-assessment.

8. Geometry Accelerated

This unit will review the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Grade 8 concepts of transformations in the coordinate plane, parallel lines crossed by a transversal, the Pythagorean Theorem, and how to find unknown sides of right triangles.  Click here for an overview of Unit 8 including the standards and the student self-assessment. 

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