7th Grade Math (New Jersey NJSLS)
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- State
- New Jersey
- Grade
- Grade 7
- Standards
- 2023 New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Mathematics (NJSLS-M)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
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The standards (our summaries)
New Jersey's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.
Ratios and Proportional Relationships (7.RP)
- 7.RP.A.1 Work out unit rates from ratios of fractions, including lengths, areas and other measures.
- 7.RP.A.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.
- a. Decide if two quantities are proportional using equivalent ratios in a table or a straight-line graph through the origin.
- b. Find the unit rate (constant of proportionality) in tables, graphs, equations, diagrams and descriptions.
- c. Write equations for proportional relationships, e.g. total cost t = pn.
- d. Explain what a point on a proportional graph means, especially (0, 0) and (1, r).
- 7.RP.A.3 Use proportional reasoning for multistep ratio and percent problems such as interest, tax, markups, discounts and percent error.
The Number System (7.NS)
- 7.NS.A.1 Add and subtract rational numbers and show addition and subtraction on a number line.
- a. Describe situations where opposite quantities combine to make 0.
- b. Understand p + q as the point at distance (absolute value of q) from p, in the direction set by q's sign; opposites add to 0.
- c. Understand subtraction as adding the additive inverse; distance is the absolute value of the difference.
- d. Apply properties of operations when adding and subtracting rational numbers.
- 7.NS.A.2 Multiply and divide rational numbers.
- a. Extend multiplication to rational numbers keeping the properties of operations, giving rules like (−1)(−1) = 1.
- b. Know integers can be divided (non-zero divisor) giving a rational number; interpret quotients in context.
- c. Apply properties of operations when multiplying and dividing rational numbers.
- d. Convert a rational number to a decimal by long division; the decimal ends in 0s or repeats.
- 7.NS.A.3 Solve real-world and math problems with the four operations on rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations (7.EE)
- 7.EE.A.1 Use properties of operations to add, subtract, expand and factor linear expressions that have rational coefficients.
- 7.EE.A.2 Rewrite an expression in another form to show how quantities are related, e.g. a + 0.05a = 1.05a.
- 7.EE.B.3 Solve multistep real-world problems with rational numbers in any form (whole, fraction, decimal) and check by estimating.
- 7.EE.B.4 Use variables for quantities and build simple equations and inequalities to solve problems.
Geometry (7.G)
- 7.G.A.1 Solve scale drawing problems, find actual lengths and areas and redraw at another scale.
- 7.G.A.2 Draw shapes with given conditions; build triangles from three angles or sides and see when one, many or no triangles exist.
- 7.G.A.3 Describe the 2D cross-sections made by slicing right rectangular prisms and pyramids.
- 7.G.B.4 Know and use circle area and circumference formulas and explain informally how they are related.
- 7.G.B.5 Use supplementary, complementary, vertical and adjacent angle facts to write and solve equations for unknown angles.
- 7.G.B.6 Solve real problems on area, volume and surface area of shapes and solids built from polygons, cubes and right prisms.
Statistics and Probability (7.SP)
- 7.SP.A.1 Know a sample tells about a population only if it is representative; random sampling tends to give representative samples.
- 7.SP.A.2 Use random-sample data to infer about a population and simulate several samples to see how estimates vary.
- 7.SP.B.3 Judge how much two distributions with similar spread overlap, giving the difference in centers as a multiple of variability.
- 7.SP.B.4 Compare two populations informally using centers and variability of random samples.
- 7.SP.C.5 Understand probability as a number from 0 to 1, with values near 0 unlikely and near 1 likely.
- 7.SP.C.6 Estimate probability from long-run relative frequency and predict frequency from a known probability.
- 7.SP.C.7 Build probability models, compare them with observed frequencies and explain differences.
- 7.SP.C.8 Find probabilities of compound events with lists, tables, tree diagrams and simulations.
Tests and key dates
- New Jersey Student Learning Assessment-Adaptive (NJSLA-A) ELA and Mathematics – grades ELA 3-9; math 3-8 plus Algebra I, Geometry or Algebra II (high school, for accountability) (official page)
- New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment-Adaptive (NJGPA-A) – grades 11 (and 12 / repeating 11 as needed) (official page)
- NJSLA-Science – grades 5, 8, 11 (official page)
- Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) alternate assessment – grades ELA/math 3-8, 11; science 5, 8, 11 (official page)
Check the New Jersey Department of Education for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates.
Official documents
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Standards codes from the 2023 New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Mathematics (New Jersey Department of Education). Summaries are Classfern's own words. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NJDOE.
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