• 52 questions

PARCC 7th Grade Math Practice Test

Seventh grade math by PARCC sub-claim, each question marked calculator or non-calculator, on screen or printed.

A snail moves 3/4 foot in 1/6 hour. At that rate, how many feet does it move in 1 hour?

Pick an answer, then press Check answer. Then you see Correct or Not quite, with the reason. Keys: A to D pick, Enter checks.

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with New Meridian, CCSSO or any state that has given PARCC tests. Bank checked October 12, 2026.

The real test: PARCC math, grade 7

Task types
Type I: concepts, skills and procedures, machine scored. Type II: mathematical reasoning. Type III: modeling and application.
Scored tasks, full form
31 Type I, 4 Type II and 3 Type III. Field-test items that do not count are added.
Scored tasks, short form
25 Type I, 3 Type II and 3 Type III, worth 52 points.
Points by sub-claim
Major content 20, additional and supporting content 10, reasoning 10, modeling 12 (short form).
Units
Three units: 80 minutes each on the full form, 60 on the short form.
Calculator
Unit 1 has a non-calculator section and a calculator section. Units 2 and 3 are calculator units. The non-calculator section has no constructed-response items.

Checked October 12, 2026 against New Meridian's mathematics blueprints, unit structure and evidence statement tables, and the PARCC score ranges printed by the District of Columbia's state education office. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

The grade 7 evidence statements

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All 52 questions

Major content 20

  • A car uses 1 gallon of gas for every 32 miles. Which equation gives the miles m the car can go on g gallons? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.2c, marked non-calculator
  • A club pays a $30 setup fee plus $8 for each shirt it orders. The bill is $174. How many shirts did the club order? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.4a-1, marked non-calculator
  • A graph shows a proportional relationship between hours worked and dollars earned. It passes through the point (1, 14). What does that point mean? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.2d, marked non-calculator
  • A plumber charges $45 for a visit plus $62.50 for each hour of work. A job takes 2 1/2 hours. What is the total charge? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.3, marked calculator
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Major content, continued

  • A price p is cut by 20%. Which expression gives the new price? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.2, marked non-calculator
  • A snail moves 3/4 foot in 1/6 hour. At that rate, how many feet does it move in 1 hour? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.1, marked calculator
  • A store buys a lamp for $40 and marks the price up 35%. What is the selling price? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.3-2, marked calculator
  • The equation y = 2.5x gives the cost y, in dollars, of x pounds of apples. What is the constant of proportionality? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.2b, marked non-calculator
  • Green paint is mixed from 2 parts blue to 5 parts yellow. How many quarts of blue are needed to make 28 quarts of green paint? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.3-1, marked calculator
  • On a number line, where is the sum −3 + (−4.5)? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.1b-1, marked non-calculator
  • Rae has $65 and saves $15 each week. She wants at least $230. What is the fewest number of weeks she must save? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.4b, marked non-calculator
  • The temperature falls 2.5 degrees each hour for 6 hours. What is the total change in temperature? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.3, marked non-calculator
  • What is (−1.5)(−4) ÷ (−0.5)? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.2c, marked non-calculator
  • What is the solution of −5(x + 2) = 30? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.4a-2, marked non-calculator
  • What is −2/3 + 1/4 − (−1/2)? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.1d, marked non-calculator
  • Which expression is equal to (−4)(5 + (−8))? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.2a-1, marked non-calculator
  • Which expression is equal to −(9/4)? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.2b-1, marked non-calculator
  • Which expression is equal to −6 − (−9)? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.NS.1c-1, marked non-calculator
  • Which expression is equivalent to 6(2x − 3) − 9x + 4? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.EE.1, marked non-calculator
  • Which table of x and y values shows a proportional relationship? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim A, major content, evidence statement 7.RP.2a, marked calculator

Additional and supporting content 10

  • A bag holds 3 red, 5 blue and 2 green tiles. One tile is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is blue? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.SP.7a, marked calculator
  • A circle has a radius of 6 inches. What is its area, in terms of π? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.4-1, marked calculator
  • A fair coin is tossed and a number cube with sides 1 to 6 is rolled. What is the probability of heads and a number greater than 4? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.SP.8a, marked calculator
  • A plane parallel to the base slices a right rectangular pyramid. What shape is the cross section? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.3, marked calculator
  • A right triangular prism has a base that is a right triangle with legs of 6 centimeters and 8 centimeters. The prism is 10 centimeters long. What is its volume? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.6, marked calculator
  • A school wants to know the favorite lunch of all its students. Which sample is most likely to represent the whole school? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.SP.1, marked calculator
  • In a random sample of 40 students, 12 walk to school. The school has 600 students. About how many students in the school walk? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.SP.2, marked calculator
  • On a scale drawing, 2 centimeters stand for 5 meters. A room is 7 centimeters long on the drawing. How long is the real room? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.1, marked calculator
  • Two angles are supplementary. One measures (2x + 10)° and the other measures 50°. What is the value of x? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.5, marked calculator
  • Which three side lengths cannot make a triangle? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim B, additional and supporting content, evidence statement 7.G.2, marked calculator

Reasoning 10

  • A $40 shirt is marked 25% off. Later the sale price is raised by 25%. Ty says the price is $40 again. Is he right? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.7.1, marked calculator
  • A graph is a straight line through (0, 0), (2, 5) and (4, 10). Kim says it shows a proportional relationship. Is she right? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.4, marked calculator
  • A sign lists 2 pounds for $5, 4 pounds for $9 and 6 pounds for $13. Dan says cost is proportional to weight. Which fact shows he is wrong? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.6.1, marked calculator
  • Ana earns $18 an hour and gets a 5% raise. She writes 18 + 0.05 = 18.05. Which work is correct? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.7.4, marked calculator
  • Jo rewrites 4(x − 3) + 2x as 6x − 3. What is the error? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.1.2, marked calculator
  • On a number line, p is at −2 and q is 3.5 units away from p. Which gives every possible position of q? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.3, marked calculator
  • Which reasoning shows why (−1)(−1) must equal 1? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.1.1, marked calculator
  • Which statement explains why 7 − (−2) = 9? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.2, marked calculator
  • Which statement shows that 0.375 is a rational number? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.7.2, marked calculator
  • Which steps are a correct argument for solving 2(x − 3) = 14? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim C, reasoning, evidence statement 7.C.5, marked calculator

Modeling 12

  • A box with no top is 10 inches long, 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall. How much cardboard covers its bottom and four sides? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.2, marked calculator
  • A car travels 156 miles in 3 hours. At the same speed, it drives 364 miles and makes one 30-minute stop. How long does the trip take? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.2, marked calculator
  • A classroom floor is about 9 meters by 7 meters. Each student needs about 1.5 square meters of floor. About how many students fit? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.4, marked calculator
  • A diver is at −12.5 meters. She rises 4.2 meters, sinks 7.5 meters and then rises 1.8 meters. What is her position now? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • A gym charges a $35 joining fee plus $22.50 a month. Lena has $260 to spend. What is the greatest number of months she can pay for? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • A meal costs $48.00. Tax is 7.5% of the cost, and the tip is 18% of the cost before tax. Four friends split the total equally. How much does each pay? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • A phone plan costs $25 a month plus $0.10 for each text. One month the bill is $41.80. How many texts were sent? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • A plant was 12 centimeters tall on day 4 and 18 centimeters tall on day 6. If height stays proportional to the number of days, how tall will the plant be on day 10? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.3, marked calculator
  • A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour to make 30 cookies. Kai wants 75 cookies and has 4 cups of flour. How much more flour does he need? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • A shop marks a $120 bike up 25%, then sells it at 10% off the marked price. Sales tax of 6% is added. What does the buyer pay? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • An account earns simple interest of 3% a year on $800. After 4 years, the owner takes out $150. How much is in the account? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.1, marked calculator
  • Faucet A fills 3 gallons every 2 minutes. Faucet B fills 5 gallons every 4 minutes. Both run for 12 minutes. How many gallons do they fill together? Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables (PARCC test design, New Meridian), sub-claim D, modeling, evidence statement 7.D.2, marked calculator

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Grade 7 Mathematics Evidence Statement Tables of the PARCC test design, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Grade-7-Math-Evidence-Statements_with-ABO-subclaim-points_a11y.pdf, with the short-form Mathematics High Level Blueprint, https://resources.newmeridiancorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NMC-Math-ABO-High-Level-Blueprint.pdf, both published by New Meridian and read 2026-10-12. Each question names the sub-claim and the evidence statement it practices. Every calculation is worked out again from the numbers in the question. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the published evidence statements. Nothing is copied or reworded from a PARCC test, a released item, a practice test, an example in the evidence tables or another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial seventh grade math practice built from the published PARCC evidence statements: 52 questions for the 52 points of the short-form blueprint, every one ours. Not affiliated with New Meridian, CCSSO or any state that has given PARCC tests.

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What seventh grade is tested on

Major content, 20 points: unit rates, proportional relationships, percent problems, adding and multiplying negative numbers, equivalent expressions, equations and inequalities. Additional and supporting content, 10: scale drawings, circles, angles, volume, sampling and probability. Reasoning, 10. Modeling, 12, with estimates and grade 6 rate and surface-area problems among them.

Which skills allow a calculator

The evidence tables mark signed-number skills and most expression, equation and inequality skills non-calculator. Unit rates, percent problems, geometry, statistics, reasoning and modeling are marked calculator. The line under each answer carries the mark for its skill.

  • Rewrite a subtraction as adding the opposite before you compute: 4 − (−7) becomes 4 + 7.
  • A percent change multiplies. 20% off is times 0.8, and an 8% tax is times 1.08.

Questions and answers

What is on unit 1 of the 7th grade PARCC math test?

The design lists no topics by unit. Unit 1 has a non-calculator section and a calculator section, the non-calculator part has no constructed-response items, and each unit carries about the same number of points.

How long is the PARCC math test in 7th grade?

Each of its three units lasts 80 minutes on the full form and 60 minutes on the short form, which the District of Columbia adopted in the 2020-21 school year. The District, a PARCC member from 2015 to 2023, now gives DC CAPE.

How many questions are on the 7th grade PARCC math test?

The full-form blueprint lists 38 scored tasks: 31 Type I, 4 Type II and 3 Type III. The short form lists 31: 25, 3 and 3, worth 52 points. Field-test items are added to both.

What is a good PARCC math score in 7th grade?

The design names performance levels, not a pass mark. On the 650 to 850 scale, the District of Columbia’s education office prints Level 4 for grade 7 mathematics as 750 to 785 and Level 5 as 786 to 850.

Is there a paper PARCC practice test for 7th grade math?

Yes, an unofficial one: these 52 questions print as a paper test with an answer key, or can be answered on screen.

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