Grade 7 Word Problems Worksheets
Free printable word problems practice for Grade 7 students. Generate problems, solve them on screen or paper, and download as PDF.
Practice Worksheet
Grade 7 Word Problems Practice
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- 1.A school receives 6 boxes of 24 notebooks and gives away 17. How many notebooks remain?
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- 2.A delivery route is 18 km each way. A driver completes 4 round trips, then drives 7 km more. How far in total?
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- 3.A $80 jacket is discounted 25%, then 13% tax is applied. Find the final price, rounded to the nearest cent.
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- 4.A school receives 7 boxes of 24 notebooks and gives away 18. How many notebooks remain?
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- 5.A delivery route is 21 km each way. A driver completes 4 round trips, then drives 8 km more. How far in total?
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- 6.A $100 jacket is discounted 25%, then 13% tax is applied. Find the final price, rounded to the nearest cent.
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 127
- Question 2: 151 km
- Question 3: $67.80
- Question 4: 150
- Question 5: 176 km
- Question 6: $84.75
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- 1.A recipe uses 3 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. If a baker uses 9 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar are needed?
- 2.A mountain climber is at an elevation of 150 meters. They descend 200 meters into a valley. What is their new elevation in meters?
- 3.A taxi service charges a flat fee of 5 dollars plus 2 dollars for every mile driven. If the total cost was 15 dollars, how many miles were driven?
- 4.A store increases the price of a 40 dollar shirt by 20 percent. What is the new price of the shirt in dollars?
- 5.A bag contains 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 5 green marbles. If you pick one marble at random, what is the probability of picking a red marble?
- 6.On a map, the scale is 1 inch equals 10 miles. If two cities are 4 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them in miles?
Full range of grade expectations
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- 1.A recipe for fruit punch uses a ratio of 3 cups of orange juice to 2 cups of pineapple juice. If you want to make 20 cups of punch in total, how many cups of orange juice do you need?
- 2.A scuba diver starts at the surface of the water (0 feet) and descends at a rate of 4 feet per minute for 12 minutes. Then, the diver ascends 15 feet to look at a coral reef. What is the diver's final elevation relative to the surface?
- 3.A store is having a clearance sale. A jacket originally priced at 85 dollars is marked down by 30 percent. What is the final sale price of the jacket?
- 4.A landscaping company charges a flat fee of 50 dollars plus 25 dollars per hour of work. If a customer paid 175 dollars for a landscaping project, how many hours did the company work?
- 5.A bag contains 5 red marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 7 green marbles. If you pick one marble at random, what is the probability of picking a marble that is NOT blue? Express your answer as a simplified fraction.
- 6.On a map, the scale is 1 inch = 15 miles. If two cities are 4.5 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the two cities in miles?
What Your Child Will Learn
Grade 7 word problems introduce proportional reasoning as the dominant strategy, with students solving problems involving unit rates, scale factors, and percent change using both diagrams and formal proportion equations. Problems now regularly include negative numbers, requiring students to interpret what a negative quantity means in context, such as a temperature drop or a financial loss.
Multi-step problems increasingly require students to set up and solve simple algebraic equations as part of the solution, blending word problem strategy with early algebraic thinking. Students compare proportional and non-proportional situations, learning to recognize when a relationship is truly proportional versus when it only appears to be. Communicating a full solution, including any assumptions made and why an approach was chosen, is an expected part of the response.
Skills Covered
- Solving problems involving unit rates and scale factors
- Setting up and solving proportion equations
- Interpreting negative numbers in real-world contexts
- Distinguishing proportional from non-proportional relationships
- Setting up simple algebraic equations to model a word problem
- Explaining assumptions and justifying the chosen solution approach
Curriculum Aligned: A cross-strand focus connecting Strand B (Number) and Strand C (Algebra) with the mathematical processes of modelling situations proportionally and algebraically.
Parent Tip: When a problem involves a discount, tip, or scaled recipe, ask your child to set it up as a proportion (part over whole equals percent over 100) — this formalizes a strategy they've likely used informally for years.
What your child will practice
- Numbers to One BillionRead, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including one billion.
- Rational NumbersRepresent and compare rational numbers including negative fractions and decimals.
- PercentagesRepresent, compare, and order fractions, decimals, and percentages.
- Square RootsEstimate and calculate square roots of perfect squares.
- Operations with Rational NumbersAdd, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
- Operations with FractionsMultiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.
- Percent CalculationsSolve problems involving percent increases, decreases, and discounts.
- Linear RelationshipsConnect whole-number patterns to decimal and fractional patterns.
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Why does my child struggle with word problems?
Word problems require reading comprehension plus math skills. Teach a systematic approach: read carefully, identify what's asked, find the key information, choose an operation, and check the answer.
How can I help my child with word problems?
Practice identifying keywords (total, difference, each, shared equally). Draw pictures or diagrams. Start with simple one-step problems and gradually increase complexity.
Are word problems more important than computation?
Both are essential. Word problems show how math applies to real situations and develop critical thinking. Strong computation skills make word problems easier to solve.