Activities in the Mathematics Grade 7 Series Cover:
| Number Sense & Spatial Sense |
- Reading and writing numbers to 100, 000,000
- Place value to 100,000,000
- Expressing numbers in standard and expanded form
- Four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using 2, 3, and 4 digit numbers
- Comparing and ordering whole numbers
- Special Types of numbers (odd/even, prime/composite)
- Rounding off whole numbers
- Order of operations
- Working with fractions- proper, improper, and mixed numbers
- HCF (Highest Common Factor)
- LCM (Lowest Common Multiple)
- Four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using fractions
- Fractions and decimals
- Place value system of decimals
- Rounding decimal numbers off
- Four operations( addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) using decimals
- Introduction to the integer number system
- Number lines using integers
- Comparing and ordering integers
- Four operations( addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) using integers- both positive and negative
- Introduction to exponents and their components
- Working with exponents
- Four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using exponents
- Review the order of operations (BEDMAS)
- Introduction to percentage
- Working with percentages
- Introduction to ratio and proportion
- Working with ratios and proportions
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| Measurement |
- Review the concept of perimeter and how to calculate perimeter of regular & irregular shaped polygons and/or composite figure polygons
- Calculating the missing dimensions of a perimeter measurement question when given the perimeter and some of the other dimensions
- Review the concept of area and to calculate area of various polygons
- Calculating the missing dimension of an area measurement question when given the area and some of the other dimensions
- Review the concept of volume and how to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms
- Calculating the missing dimension of a volume measurement question when given the volume and some of the other dimensions
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| Geometry & Spatial Sense |
- The various classifications of angles
- Special angle relationships that are formed by the intersection and/or bisection of the various lines
- The various classifications of polygons
- Comparing geometric shapes and/or polygons –congruent and symmetrical
- Transformational geometry and the main concepts related to it
- The Cartesian plane
- Plotting coordinate in all the four quadrants of the Cartesian plane
- Tiling patterns
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| Patterning and Algebra |
- The mathematical relationships that exist in number patterns
- Analyzing number patterns and identify their “patterning” rules
- Creating number patterns
- The main concepts of algebra – variables, algebraic expressions, equations an inequalities
- Solving simple equations and inequalities using the four basic mathematical operations
- Reading and writing algebraic equations
- Graphing solutions on a number line
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| Data Management & Probability |
- The concepts of data and statistics
- Graphing – the various types of graphs are and what their uses are
- Interpreting the information on a graph
- The concept of probability
- Discussing experimental and theoretical probability
- Calculating what the probability of an event will be
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| Problem Solving |
- The rationale for problem solving and the important role it plays in everyday life
- The processes required to solve problems
- The various strategies that can be used to solve problems- depending upon the type of problem you are challenged with
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Also see: Grade 7 English Curriculum
