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Grade 7 Math: how to help at home

What your child learns in Grade 7 math in the Ontario Curriculum, and simple things to try at home.

The Big Ideas this year

Easy ways to practise math at home

What each unit covers

  1. Big & Rational Numbers

    Writing big numbers with powers of ten, perfect squares and square roots, comparing positive and negative fractions and decimals, simplifying fractions and rounding.

  2. Factors & Exponents

    Finding the greatest common factor and lowest common multiple, and writing and evaluating repeated multiplication with exponents.

  3. Add & Subtract Integers

    Adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers with number lines, temperatures and elevations, including the idea that subtracting a number is the same as adding its opposite.

  4. Decimal Operations

    All four operations with decimals, estimating to check answers, ordering decimals, and money problems such as unit prices.

  5. Fractions

    Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators, and multiplying and dividing a fraction by a fraction.

  6. Fractions, Decimals & Percents

    Moving between fractions, decimals (including repeating decimals) and percents, finding a percent of a number, and simplifying and scaling ratios.

  7. Percents & Proportions

    Knowing common fraction, decimal and percent equivalents, increasing and decreasing numbers by 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 100%, and deciding whether a relationship is proportional.

  8. Linear Relations

    Finding the rule behind growing patterns, writing expressions like 3n + 2, and connecting tables, graphs and real situations such as rental costs.

  9. Algebra Moves

    Combining like terms, evaluating expressions with decimals, solving two-step equations, and finding and graphing solutions to inequalities.

  10. Two-Step Equations

    Solving equations like 3x + 5 = 26 by undoing each step on both sides, writing equations from word problems and checking solutions.

  11. Data & Percentages

    Using percents to compare groups, turning circle-graph angles into percents, and seeing how adding or removing a value changes the mean and median.

  12. Circle Graphs

    Reading and building circle graphs: turning percents into numbers of people and sector angles (out of 360°), and comparing categories.

  13. Probability

    Listing outcomes of two independent events (like a coin and a die), finding theoretical probabilities by multiplying, and comparing them with experimental results.

  14. Dependent Events

    Telling independent from dependent events and finding the probability of two events, with and without putting the first item back.

  15. Coordinates & Transformations

    Reading and plotting points in all four quadrants, and describing translations, reflections, 180° rotations and combinations of them.

  16. Circles

    Using radius, diameter and π (about 3.14) to find the distance around a circle and the area inside it, including real objects like wheels and pizzas.

  17. Solids & Scale

    Counting faces, edges and vertices, classifying solids, planes of symmetry, enlarging and shrinking shapes by a scale factor, and scale drawings.

  18. Volume

    Finding volume as base area × height for boxes and cylinders, working backwards to a missing dimension, and linking cm³ to millilitres and litres.

  19. Volume & Surface Area

    Linking millilitres and cubic centimetres, converting square and cubic units, the surface area of a cylinder from its net, and the volume of prisms.

  20. Money Smarts

    Converting between currencies, finding reliable money advice, budgeting for a goal, and seeing how simple and compound interest and fees change savings and borrowing.

What the report card levels look like at home

Level 1
Just getting started with this idea. Short, regular practice with lots of support helps most.
Level 2
Understands parts of it and is building confidence. Keep practising the tricky parts.
Level 3
Has it! Level 3 is the provincial standard. Mixed review now and then keeps it strong.
Level 4
Applies it confidently, even in new or harder situations. Try challenge mode and real-life problems.

Your child’s teacher decides the level on the report card. Read the Ontario report card guide.

Common questions

How can I help my Grade 7 child with math?

Look for fractions, decimals and percentages in sale signs, sports statistics and recipes. Ask your child to explain a problem to you as if you were the student. Keep sessions short, about 10 to 15 minutes, and stop on a success.

What does my child learn in Grade 7 math in Ontario?

The Ontario Curriculum Grade 7 math units include big & rational numbers, factors & exponents, add & subtract integers, decimal operations, fractions, fractions, decimals & percents.

Free printable Grade 7 math practice sheet

Questions from every unit, with an answer key.

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