All Common Core: 7th Grade Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #62 : Number Concepts And Operations
In a high school of students, the ratio of freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors is . How many juniors does this high school have?
Let be the number of freshmen, be the number of sophomores, be the number of juniors, and be the number of seniors.
Because the high school has students,
Since we want to find out how many juniors there are, we need the value of .
Example Question #2 : Proportion / Ratio / Rate
In a high school, the ratio of freshmen to seniors is . If there are seniors, how many freshmen are there?
Set up the following proportion, with being the number of freshmen.
Now, cross-multiply and solve for .
Example Question #1 : Rational Numbers
On a beach, the ratio of crabs to seagulls is . If there are crabs and seagulls on the beach, how many crabs are there?
Let be the number of crabs and be the number of seagulls.
Since there are crabs and seagulls on the beach,
Because the question asks for the number of crabs, we need to find the value of .
Example Question #91 : Ratios & Proportional Relationships
There are boys and girls at a playground. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
Write the numbers of boys and girls as a fraction, then simplify.
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Example Question #63 : Number Concepts And Operations
At a high school, there are freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. What is the ratio of seniors to freshmen?
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Write the number of seniors and numbers of freshmen as a fraction:
That fraction is equivalent to .
Example Question #64 : Number Concepts And Operations
The angles in a triangle are in the ratio . What is the angle measurement of the largest angle?
Let be the values of the angles.
Since all the angles in a triangle need to add up to ,
Because we want the value of the largest angle, we need to find the value of .
Example Question #92 : Ratios & Proportional Relationships
John and Michela are business partners who agreed to split profits at a ratio of 2:3, with Michela taking the larger share. If their business made in the first year, how much money did Michela make?
Let be the amount John takes home and be the amount Michela takes home.
Since their business made ,
We want to know how much Michela made so we need to find the value of .
Example Question #11 : Fractions
The angles in a triangle have a ratio of . What is the measurement of the smallest angle?
Let be the values of the angles.
Since there are degrees in a triangle,
Since we want the value of the smallest angle, find the value of .
Example Question #12 : Fractions
In a factory, there are glass bottles. If the ratio of red bottles to blue bottles is , how many more blue bottles than red bottles are there?
First, find the number of red bottles and blue bottles.
Let be the number of red bottles and be the number of blue bottles. Since there is a total of bottles at the factory,
There are red bottles. Find the value of to find the number of blue bottles.
Now, because the question wants to find how many more blue bottles than red bottles there are, subtract the number of red bottles from the number of blue bottles.
Example Question #93 : Ratios & Proportional Relationships
The ratio of offensive players to defensive players on a football team is . If there are players on the team, how many offensive players are there?
Let be the number of offensive players and be the number of defensive players.
Since there is a total of players on the team,
We need to find the number of offensive players, so we will need to find the value of .