Grade 7 Algebraic Expressions - Medium
A medium grade 7 worksheet for Algebraic Expressions.
Worksheet snapshot
- Algebraic Expressions
- Key concepts: Understanding core algebraic expressions concepts for Grade 7; Applying algebraic expressions strategies appropriate to Grade 7
- Students develop fluency with algebraic expressions at Grade 7 level, applying strategies more independently and solving increasingly complex problems.
- Apply it: Algebraic Expressions at the Grade 7 level connects to everyday situations students encounter: problem-solving in daily life, making sense of quantities and relationships, and building mathematical literacy for future learning.
- Simplify: -3x + 8x - 2x - 6
- Simplify: x + 6x + 9x + 3
- Simplify: 5x - 3x - 8x + 14
About Algebraic Expressions
Algebraic expressions use variables to represent unknown or changing quantities. Students learn to write, simplify, and evaluate expressions, combining like terms and applying properties of operations.
Algebraic expressions are the language of algebra and higher mathematics. They're essential for representing patterns, writing formulas, solving equations, and modeling real-world situations mathematically.
Algebraic Expressions (rational coefficients)
Write and simplify expressions with rational coefficients; factor using the distributive property; build expressions from contexts.
This medium level worksheet:
Use distributive property with rational coefficients; factor out a GCF; rewrite equivalent expressions from contexts.
Key Concepts
- Rational coefficients and like terms
- Distribute/factor expressions
- Build expressions from word contexts
- Test equivalence numerically
Prerequisite skills
Grade 6 expressions; fraction/decimal operations; properties of operations.
Teaching Strategies
Model distribution/factoring on area models and number lines with fractions; maintain precise fraction/decimal operations; require equivalence checks by substitution.
Assessment ideas
Have students write expressions from verbal descriptions. Test expression evaluation with given variable values. Include simplification problems (combining like terms, distributive property). Ask students to identify like terms and explain why terms are or aren't like.
Common Challenges
Dropping negative signs with distribution; mixing unlike terms; fraction errors in combining terms.
Real-World Applications
Tax/discount formulas, pay-rate expressions, and scaled geometry formulas.
Extension Activities
Create two different expressions for the same context and prove they’re equivalent; factor out a rational GCF from a context expression.
Parent Tips
Have your child substitute easy numbers to check if two expressions really match a situation.