MAP Test Practice 7th Grade

Seventh grade math, reading, language usage and science in the instructional areas of NWEA MAP Growth, on screen or paper.

A moving company charges a $40 truck fee plus $25 for each hour of work. One bill came to $165. How many hours did the move take?

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The real tests: MAP Growth, grade 7

Tests at this grade
Math 6+, Reading 6+, Language 2+ and Science 6–8, the same four tests as in grades 6 and 8.
Length
About 40 to 43 questions in each test. The count varies as the test adapts.
Time
Untimed. The features page lists 45 to 55 minutes; the summary allows 10 to 15 more for setup.
How often
Up to four times in a school year.
Math 6+ areas
Operations and Algebraic Thinking; The Real and Complex Number Systems; Geometry; Statistics and Probability.
Scores
A RIT score for the subject and for each instructional area.

Checked October 8, 2026 against the MAP Growth Test Description and Test Descriptions Summary of the MAP Help Center, the MAP Growth Features page and the MAP Growth: Instructional Areas documents of July 2023, NWEA. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Math: all 20 questions

Operations and Algebraic Thinking 5

  • A moving company charges a $40 truck fee plus $25 for each hour of work. One bill came to $165. How many hours did the move take? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Expressions and Equations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.EE.B.4.a
  • A store raises a price p by 8%. Which expression gives the new price? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Expressions and Equations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.EE.A.2
  • Three friends split a $27.60 lunch bill evenly. Then each adds a $1.50 tip of their own. How much does each friend pay? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Expressions and Equations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.EE.B.3
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking, continued

  • Which expression is equivalent to 6x + 15? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Expressions and Equations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.EE.A.1
  • Which values of x make −2x + 3 ≤ 11 true? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Expressions and Equations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.EE.B.4.b

The Real and Complex Number Systems 5

  • A backpack costs $35 before a 6% sales tax. What is the total cost? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area The Real and Complex Number Systems (Ratios and Proportional Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.RP.A.3
  • A diver is at −18 feet, measured from the surface of the water. She rises 7 feet. What is her new position? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area The Real and Complex Number Systems (Perform Operations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.NS.A.1
  • A painter covers 3/4 of a wall in 1/2 hour. At that rate, how much wall does she paint in one hour? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area The Real and Complex Number Systems (Ratios and Proportional Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.RP.A.1
  • At a market, 2 pounds of cherries cost $7, 4 pounds cost $14 and 6 pounds cost $21. What is the constant of proportionality, in dollars per pound? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area The Real and Complex Number Systems (Ratios and Proportional Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.RP.A.2.b
  • What is −7.5 ÷ (−2.5)? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area The Real and Complex Number Systems (Perform Operations), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.NS.A.2

Geometry 5

  • A blueprint uses a scale of 1 inch to 4 feet. A deck measures 5 inches by 3 inches on the blueprint. What is the area of the real deck? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Geometry (Geometric Measurement and Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.G.A.1
  • A circle has a circumference of 18π inches. What is its radius? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Geometry (Geometric Measurement and Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.G.B.4
  • A tent has the shape of a right triangular prism. Its triangular end is 6 feet wide and 4 feet high, and the tent is 8 feet long. What is its volume? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Geometry (Geometric Measurement and Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.G.B.6
  • Angles A and B are complementary. Angle A is 3 times as large as angle B. What is the measure of angle B? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Geometry (Geometric Measurement and Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.G.B.5
  • Zoe has straws of several lengths, measured in centimeters. Which three can she join end to end to make a triangle? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Geometry (Geometric Measurement and Relationships), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.G.A.2

Statistics and Probability 5

  • A bag holds 12 tiles numbered 1 to 12. One tile is drawn without looking. What is the probability that its number is a multiple of 3? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Statistics and Probability (Using Sampling and Probability to Make Decisions), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.SP.C.7.a
  • A cafe offers 3 kinds of bread and 4 fillings. How many different sandwiches with one bread and one filling can it make? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Statistics and Probability (Using Sampling and Probability to Make Decisions), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.SP.C.8.b
  • A librarian checks a random sample of 40 of the library's 2,000 books and finds that 6 need repair. About how many of the library's books need repair? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Statistics and Probability (Using Sampling and Probability to Make Decisions), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.SP.A.2
  • An event has a probability of 0.03. How should the event be described? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Statistics and Probability (Using Sampling and Probability to Make Decisions), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.SP.C.5
  • Class A reads a mean of 150 minutes a week and class B a mean of 186 minutes. Each class has a mean absolute deviation of 12 minutes. The difference between the means is how many times the mean absolute deviation? MAP Growth Math 6+ instructional area Statistics and Probability (Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data), NWEA; Common Core standard 7.SP.B.3

How this list was compiled: Outline: NWEA, MAP Growth, https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/; MAP Growth Test Description (MAP Help Center), https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/maphelp/Content/AboutMAP/MAPTestDescription.htm; MAP Growth: Instructional Areas, CCSS, dated July 12, 2023, https://cdn.nwea.org/state-information/CCSS_STANDARDS_2023.pdf, all read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/, read 2026-10-08. Each answer was worked out again. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a MAP Growth test, from a sample or practice item of NWEA, or from another practice test.

Reading: all 12 questions

Literary Text 4

  • "By the third lap Imani's legs had turned to wet sand, and the finish line seemed to back away each time she looked up." What does the phrase "turned to wet sand" show about Imani? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Literary Text (Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure), NWEA; Common Core standard RL.7.4
  • "Snow had sealed the mountain road for a third day. With the phone lines down, the Okafor cousins, who had barely spoken since summer, sat at one table and divided the last loaf of bread." How does the setting shape what the characters do? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Literary Text (Analyze Theme and Literary Elements; Summarize), NWEA; Common Core standard RL.7.3
  • "Teo found a wallet with forty dollars on the bus seat. He thought of the sneakers he wanted. Then he saw the bus pass inside, with a name on it, and walked up to the driver." Which theme does the passage develop? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Literary Text (Analyze Theme and Literary Elements; Summarize), NWEA; Common Core standard RL.7.2
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Literary Text, continued

  • "'This attic is a treasure chest,' said Wren, lifting a dusty globe. Her brother Cal sneezed. 'It is a junk pile, and we have until noon to empty it.'" How do the two points of view differ? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Literary Text (Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure), NWEA; Common Core standard RL.7.6

Informational Text 4

  • "A retired welder in Harlow began fixing broken bicycles and giving them to children on his street. Soon dozens of children were riding to school. With so many new riders, the town painted bike lanes on six streets." How did one person's actions affect the town? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Informational Text (Analyze Central Idea, Concepts, and Events; Summarize), NWEA; Common Core standard RI.7.3
  • "The Dunmore library stopped charging late fees last year. Since then more books have come back, not fewer, and hundreds of people whose cards had been blocked are borrowing again." What is the central idea? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Informational Text (Analyze Central Idea, Concepts, and Events; Summarize), NWEA; Common Core standard RI.7.2
  • "Some neighbors call the empty lot on Fern Street an eyesore. I see a garden that has not been planted yet." How does the author's view differ from the neighbors' view? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Informational Text (Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure), NWEA; Common Core standard RI.7.6
  • "Two trails at Garnet Lake start at the same gate. The Shore Trail is flat and takes an hour, but it floods in spring. The Ridge Trail, in contrast, is steep and takes three hours, yet it stays dry all year." How is the passage organized? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Informational Text (Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure), NWEA; Common Core standard RI.7.5

Vocabulary 4

  • A writer wants to praise a 60-year-old runner's energy. Which word would turn the praise into criticism? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Vocabulary (Vocabulary), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.5.c; meanings read at Wiktionary, "childish" and "youthful"
  • "Bailing the rowboat with a teacup was futile: the water came in faster than Gus could scoop it out." What does "futile" mean? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Vocabulary (Vocabulary), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.4.a; meaning read at Wiktionary, "futile"
  • "Sorting ten thousand screws by size was tedious work, and by noon Jun was yawning over the bins." What does "tedious" mean? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Vocabulary (Vocabulary), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.4.a; meaning read at Wiktionary, "tedious"
  • The words "spectator," "inspect" and "spectacle" share the Latin root "spect." What does the root mean? MAP Growth Reading 6+ instructional area Vocabulary (Vocabulary), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.4.b; word history read at Wiktionary, "spectator"

How this list was compiled: Outline: NWEA, MAP Growth, https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/; MAP Growth Test Description (MAP Help Center), https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/maphelp/Content/AboutMAP/MAPTestDescription.htm; MAP Growth: Instructional Areas, CCSS, dated July 12, 2023, https://cdn.nwea.org/state-information/CCSS_STANDARDS_2023.pdf, all read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-08. Word meanings were read at Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a MAP Growth test, from a sample or practice item of NWEA, or from another practice test.

Language usage: all 12 questions

Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience 4

  • A report gives three reasons the school library should stay open after class. Which sentence is the best conclusion? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience (Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions), NWEA; Common Core standard W.7.2.f
  • A student writes this claim: "Our school should start a composting program." Which sentence best supports the claim with a reason? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience (Provide Support; Develop Topics; Conduct Research), NWEA; Common Core standard W.7.1.b
  • Which revision says this most concisely? "In my opinion, I think that the reason why the game was canceled was because of the fact that it rained." MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience (Establish and Maintain Style; Use Precise Language), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.3.a
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Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience, continued

  • Which transition best fills the blank? "The bridge was rebuilt with steel. ____, it can now carry twice as many trucks." MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Writing: Write, Revise Texts for Purpose and Audience (Plan, Organize; Create Cohesion, Use Transitions), NWEA; Common Core standard W.7.2.c

Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage 4

  • In the sentence "When the bell rang, the students lined up," what is "When the bell rang"? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage (Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.1.a
  • Which of these is a compound sentence? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage (Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.1.b
  • Which sentence has a misplaced modifier? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage (Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.1.c
  • Which verb correctly completes the sentence? "The box of old photographs ____ on the top shelf." MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage (Phrases, Clauses, Agreement, Sentences), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.1

Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics 4

  • Both teams have new uniforms. Which sentence shows the possessive correctly? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics (Punctuation), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.2
  • Which sentence capitalizes the book title and the holiday correctly? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics (Capitalization), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.2
  • Which sentence places a comma between adjectives correctly? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics (Punctuation), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.2.a
  • Which spelling of the word is correct? MAP Growth Language 2+ instructional area Language: Understand, Edit for Mechanics (Spelling), NWEA; Common Core standard L.7.2.b; spelling read at Wiktionary, "benefit"

How this list was compiled: Outline: NWEA, MAP Growth, https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/; MAP Growth Test Description (MAP Help Center), https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/maphelp/Content/AboutMAP/MAPTestDescription.htm; MAP Growth: Instructional Areas, CCSS, dated July 12, 2023, https://cdn.nwea.org/state-information/CCSS_STANDARDS_2023.pdf, all read 2026-10-08. Each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-08. The spelling was checked at Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a MAP Growth test, from a sample or practice item of NWEA, or from another practice test.

Science: all 12 questions

Life Science 4

  • A snail is carried to a lake where it is not native. It spreads and harms the lake's ecosystem. What is this kind of organism called? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Life Science (Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics), NWEA; fact read at NOAA National Ocean Service, "What is an invasive species?"
  • Every cell has a cell membrane. Which statement describes what it does? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Life Science (From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes), NWEA; fact read at National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary, "Cell Membrane (Plasma Membrane)"
  • Parents pass these units on to their offspring, and each one holds information for a trait. What are they? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Life Science (Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits), NWEA; fact read at National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary, "Gene"
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Life Science, continued

  • Some organelles work like a cell's power plants: they generate most of the chemical energy the cell uses. What are they called? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Life Science (From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes), NWEA; fact read at National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary, "Mitochondria"

Physical Science 4

  • A pan sits on a hot burner, and soon its metal handle is hot too. Which kind of heat transfer moved the heat along the handle? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Physical Science (Energy), NWEA; fact read at NOAA JetStream, "The Transfer of Heat Energy"
  • A sample of pond water has a pH of 4. What does the reading show? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Physical Science (Matter and Its Interactions), NWEA; fact read at U.S. Geological Survey, Water Science School, "pH and Water"
  • Logs burn in a campfire. Which energy change takes place? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Physical Science (Energy), NWEA; fact read at U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Forms of energy"
  • Which particle of an atom has a positive electrical charge? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Physical Science (Matter and Its Interactions), NWEA; fact read at U.S. Energy Information Administration, "The science of electricity"

Earth and Space Science 4

  • Certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the Sun near the surface. What is this process called? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Earth and Space Science (Earth and Human Activity), NWEA; fact read at NASA Science, "What Is the Greenhouse Effect?"
  • What happens during a solar eclipse? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Earth and Space Science (Earth's Place in the Universe), NWEA; fact read at NASA Space Place, "Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses"
  • What is tectonic shift? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Earth and Space Science (Earth's Systems), NWEA; fact read at NOAA National Ocean Service, "What is tectonic shift?"
  • Which rocks form when existing rocks are changed by high heat, high pressure or hot mineral-rich fluids? MAP Growth Science 6-8 instructional area Earth and Space Science (Earth's Systems), NWEA; fact read at U.S. Geological Survey, "What are metamorphic rocks?"

How this list was compiled: Outline: NWEA, MAP Growth, https://www.nwea.org/map-growth/; MAP Growth Test Description (MAP Help Center), https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/maphelp/Content/AboutMAP/MAPTestDescription.htm; MAP Growth: Instructional Areas, NGSS, dated July 12, 2023, https://cdn.nwea.org/state-information/NGSS_STANDARDS_2023.pdf, all read 2026-10-08. Each fact was read on the public page named on its question (National Human Genome Research Institute, NASA, NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Energy Information Administration), all 2026-10-08. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a MAP Growth test, from a sample or practice item of NWEA, or from another practice test.

How it works

Seventh graders take the four MAP Growth tests sixth graders take: Math 6+, Reading 6+, Language 2+ and Science 6–8. This unofficial set practices them at grade 7 level. Not affiliated with NWEA, which publishes MAP Growth.

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What grade 7 adds

The area names are the same as in grade 6, so the difference is the content. Under The Real and Complex Number Systems the questions turn to sales tax, unit rates with fractions, constants of proportionality and negative numbers. Operations and Algebraic Thinking brings two-step equations and inequalities. Geometry adds circles, scale drawings and angle pairs; Statistics and Probability adds chance and random samples.

Fixed here, adaptive there

MAP Growth adapts to each student's answers, and NWEA says it serves students working on, above or below grade level. This set does not adapt and stays at grade 7. Each answer names its instructional area and the Common Core standard practiced, or the public page a science fact was read on.

Questions and answers

What is on the 7th grade MAP test?

Math 6+, Reading 6+, Language 2+ and Science 6–8, the tests also used in grades 6 and 8. Each has about 40 to 43 questions. NWEA's help pages say the tests a student gets depend on the school's selections.

Is there a 7th grade MAP practice test PDF?

Yes, as a printout. After a round, Print lists the questions as a sheet, and one tick adds the answer key. To keep it as a PDF, choose "Save as PDF" in the print window.

Is this an NWEA practice test for 7th grade?

It practices the NWEA tests, but NWEA did not make it. MAP Growth is the name of the tests and NWEA is their publisher. Every question here was written for this site, and none comes from a real test.

How long is MAP testing for 7th graders?

There is no time limit. NWEA's features page lists a test time of 45 to 55 minutes, and its help pages suggest adding 10 to 15 minutes for setup and instructions.

How many times a year do 7th graders take the MAP test?

Up to four times in a school year, by NWEA's test description. NWEA describes the RIT scale as independent of grade level, which is how it measures growth from one sitting to the next.

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