SBAC Practice Test 7th Grade Math

Seventh grade math in the shares of the Smarter Balanced blueprint, plus an English set, on screen or printed.

Subject

In a table of a proportional relationship, y is 10 when x is 4, 15 when x is 6 and 25 when x is 10. What is the constant of proportionality?

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Subjects
English language arts/literacy and mathematics. California gives both in grade 7 as part of CAASPP.
Math items by claim
Concepts and Procedures 16 to 20; Problem Solving with Modeling and Data Analysis 8 to 10; Communicating Reasoning 8 to 10. Grades 6 to 8 table.
Grade 7 math targets
Proportional relationships and equations 8 or 9 items; rational numbers and expressions 5 or 6; geometry 2 or 3; sampling and probability 1 or 2.
English language arts
Reading 14 to 17 items, 10 to 12 of them on informational texts; Listening 8 or 9; Research 9; Writing 6 and one full written piece.
Calculator and time
One math section has a scientific calculator, one has none. Untimed; estimates are 3 hours for math and 3 hours 30 minutes for English.
Scores
Four achievement levels, no pass mark. Grade 7 Level 3: 2567 to 2634 in mathematics, 2552 to 2648 in English language arts.

Checked October 7, 2026 against the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium's mathematics and English language arts blueprints, estimated testing times, calculator rules and score levels. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Math: all 40 questions

Concepts and Procedures 20

  • A bank account has a balance of −$18.50. A deposit of $42 is made, and then a payment of $31.75 is taken out. What is the balance? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target B: apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
  • A bike wheel has a diameter of 70 centimeters. Using 22/7 for π, how far does the bike roll in one full turn of the wheel? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target F: solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume
  • A board is 7.5 feet long. A carpenter trims 0.5 foot off one end and cuts the rest into 4 equal pieces. How long is each piece? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target D: solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
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Concepts and Procedures, continued

  • A factory tests a random sample of 80 light bulbs and finds that 3 are defective. About how many defective bulbs should it expect in a shipment of 2,000? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target G: use random sampling to draw inferences about a population
  • A gym charges a $25 joining fee and $12 for each month. Dana has paid $109 in all. For how many months has she been a member? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target D: solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
  • A machine fills 5/6 of a crate in 1/3 minute. At that rate, how many crates does it fill in 1 minute? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target A: analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems
  • A price p is cut by 15%. Which expression gives the sale price? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target C: use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
  • In a table of a proportional relationship, y is 10 when x is 4, 15 when x is 6 and 25 when x is 10. What is the constant of proportionality? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target A: analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems
  • The perimeter of a rectangle is 46 inches and its length is 14 inches. Which equation gives its width w? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target D: solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
  • The price of a concert ticket rose from $60 to $69. What is the percent increase? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target A: analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems
  • Solve the inequality 2x − 9 ≤ 4. Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target D: solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
  • Solve: −2(x + 5) = 7. Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target D: solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
  • Three straws are joined end to end to make a triangle. Which set of lengths will work? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target E: draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationship between them
  • Two fair number cubes, each numbered 1 to 6, are rolled. What is the probability that the two numbers add to 4? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target I: investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models
  • Two straight lines cross. One of the four angles they form measures 38°. What are the measures of the other three angles? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target F: solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume
  • What is −2/3 × (−9/10)? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target B: apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
  • What is −3.5 + (−2.75)? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target B: apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
  • What is −7/8 ÷ 1/4? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target B: apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
  • Which expression is equivalent to (3/4)(8x − 12) + 2x? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target C: use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
  • Which situation describes a proportional relationship? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures), target A: analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems

Problem Solving and Modeling 10

  • A calculator shows that a trip will take 2.75 hours. How long is that in hours and minutes? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target C: interpret results in the context of a situation
  • A hiker has 9 hours of daylight. She plans to rest for 1.5 hours and walks 2.5 miles each hour. Which inequality gives the distances d, in miles, that she can cover? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 4 (Modeling and Data Analysis), target F: identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships
  • A parking garage charges $4 for the first hour and $1.50 for each half hour after that. Rae parks for 3 hours. What does she pay? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target A: apply mathematics to solve well-posed problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
  • A random sample of 50 seventh graders at a school averages 45 minutes of homework a night. A random sample of 50 eighth graders averages 70 minutes. Which conclusion is reasonable? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 4 (Modeling and Data Analysis), target D: interpret results in the context of a situation
  • A recipe for 12 muffins uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Mara wants to bake 30 muffins. How much flour does she need? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target A: apply mathematics to solve well-posed problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
  • A rectangular garden is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. A path 1 meter wide runs all the way around the outside. What is the area of the path alone? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target A: apply mathematics to solve well-posed problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
  • A scale drawing of a room uses 1 inch for every 4 feet. In the drawing the room is a rectangle 3.5 inches wide and 5 inches long. What is the area of the real room? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target A: apply mathematics to solve well-posed problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
  • A shop buys a bike for $150 and marks the price up by 60%. Later it sells the bike at 25% off the marked price. What does the customer pay? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 4 (Modeling and Data Analysis), target A: apply mathematics to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
  • A walker's distance is recorded: 7 miles after 2 hours, 14 miles after 4 hours and 21 miles after 6 hours. Which equation relates the distance d, in miles, to the time t, in hours? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 2 (Problem Solving), target D: identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships
  • To find a 15% tip, Jon moves the decimal point of the bill one place to the left, then adds half of that amount. For a $48 bill, what does his method give, and is it exact? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 4 (Modeling and Data Analysis), target E: analyze the adequacy of and make improvements to an existing model

Communicating Reasoning 10

  • A fair coin lands heads five times in a row. Jay says, "Tails is more likely on the next flip, because tails is due." What is the flaw? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target E: distinguish correct logic or reasoning from that which is flawed and explain the flaw
  • A rectangle is enlarged by a scale factor of 3. Which argument shows correctly how its area changes? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target B: construct chains of reasoning that will justify or refute propositions or conjectures
  • A spinner has four sections: red, blue, green and yellow. Mia says the probability of landing on red is 1/4. What is she assuming? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target C: state logical assumptions being used
  • Gil claims that the sum of two numbers is always greater than each of the two numbers. Which pair shows that he is wrong? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target A: test propositions or conjectures with specific examples
  • Jo solved −2x > 10 and wrote x > −5. What is the flaw in her work? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target E: distinguish correct logic or reasoning from that which is flawed and explain the flaw
  • Lee says that 2x + 3 and 5x are equivalent expressions, because both equal 5 when x = 1. Which reply is correct? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target B: construct chains of reasoning that will justify or refute propositions or conjectures
  • On a number line, why are −3 and 3 exactly 6 units apart? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target F: base arguments on concrete referents such as objects, drawings, diagrams, and actions
  • The product of three integers is negative, and none of them is 0. What must be true? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target D: use the technique of breaking an argument into cases
  • Rui says, "The distance between a and b on a number line is a − b." For which numbers is his rule right? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target G: determine conditions under which an argument does and does not apply
  • Wren says, "Two rectangles with different side lengths cannot have the same area." Which pair of rectangles shows that she is wrong? Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint, grade 7, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning), target A: test propositions or conjectures with specific examples

How this list was compiled: Outline: the Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (as of the 2018-19 test administration), https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/mathematics-summative-assessment-blueprint.pdf, linked from https://contentexplorer.smarterbalanced.org/test-development, read 2026-10-07: the blueprint table for grades 6 to 8 and the two pages headed Target Sampling Mathematics Grade 7. Each question names the claim and the assessment target it practices. Every answer is arithmetic on the numbers in the question, worked out again. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Smarter Balanced test, practice test, training test, sample item or another practice test.

English language arts: all 24 questions

Reading 12

  • Read the passage. Fernhill Middle School should replace its vending machines with a student-run snack cart. The machines sell the same six items all year, and last spring they were out of order for 31 school days. A cart could change its menu each week. It would also teach something: students in the business club would order stock, set prices and keep the accounts. Some worry that a cart would crowd the hallway. Yet it would stand only at lunch, in the space the machines fill all day. According to the passage, who would set the prices at the snack cart? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 8: Key Details
  • Read the passage. Fernhill Middle School should replace its vending machines with a student-run snack cart. The machines sell the same six items all year, and last spring they were out of order for 31 school days. A cart could change its menu each week. It would also teach something: students in the business club would order stock, set prices and keep the accounts. Some worry that a cart would crowd the hallway. Yet it would stand only at lunch, in the space the machines fill all day. What is the author's main claim? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 9: Central Ideas
  • Read the passage. Fernhill Middle School should replace its vending machines with a student-run snack cart. The machines sell the same six items all year, and last spring they were out of order for 31 school days. A cart could change its menu each week. It would also teach something: students in the business club would order stock, set prices and keep the accounts. Some worry that a cart would crowd the hallway. Yet it would stand only at lunch, in the space the machines fill all day. What is the purpose of the sentence "Some worry that a cart would crowd the hallway"? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 13: Text Structures and Features
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Reading, continued

  • Read the passage. Fernhill Middle School should replace its vending machines with a student-run snack cart. The machines sell the same six items all year, and last spring they were out of order for 31 school days. A cart could change its menu each week. It would also teach something: students in the business club would order stock, set prices and keep the accounts. Some worry that a cart would crowd the hallway. Yet it would stand only at lunch, in the space the machines fill all day. Which statement from the passage is a fact that could be checked? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 12: Analysis within or across Texts
  • Read the passage. Ilse had practiced the solo for six weeks, and for six weeks the high note had cracked like thin ice. On concert night she stood at the side of the stage, counting the folding chairs to keep her hands still. Mr. Okafor passed with a stack of programs. "The note is not the song," he said, and kept walking. Onstage, the note cracked again. Ilse heard it, breathed, and sang on. Afterward her grandmother did not mention the note at all. She hummed the last verse the whole drive home. What does the comparison "cracked like thin ice" suggest about the high note? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), literary target 7: Language Use
  • Read the passage. Ilse had practiced the solo for six weeks, and for six weeks the high note had cracked like thin ice. On concert night she stood at the side of the stage, counting the folding chairs to keep her hands still. Mr. Okafor passed with a stack of programs. "The note is not the song," he said, and kept walking. Onstage, the note cracked again. Ilse heard it, breathed, and sang on. Afterward her grandmother did not mention the note at all. She hummed the last verse the whole drive home. Which detail best shows that the song reached its listener despite the cracked note? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), literary target 4: Reasoning and Evidence
  • Read the passage. Ilse had practiced the solo for six weeks, and for six weeks the high note had cracked like thin ice. On concert night she stood at the side of the stage, counting the folding chairs to keep her hands still. Mr. Okafor passed with a stack of programs. "The note is not the song," he said, and kept walking. Onstage, the note cracked again. Ilse heard it, breathed, and sang on. Afterward her grandmother did not mention the note at all. She hummed the last verse the whole drive home. Which sentence best states a theme of the passage? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), literary target 2: Central Ideas
  • Read the passage. Ilse had practiced the solo for six weeks, and for six weeks the high note had cracked like thin ice. On concert night she stood at the side of the stage, counting the folding chairs to keep her hands still. Mr. Okafor passed with a stack of programs. "The note is not the song," he said, and kept walking. Onstage, the note cracked again. Ilse heard it, breathed, and sang on. Afterward her grandmother did not mention the note at all. She hummed the last verse the whole drive home. Why does Ilse count the folding chairs? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), literary target 1: Key Details
  • Read the passage. The Alder Creek library lends more than books. A cabinet by the front desk holds envelopes of seeds: beans, squash, marigolds. Patrons "borrow" a packet in spring, grow the plants, and return seeds from their best ones in the fall. Librarian Tess Moreno says the cabinet began with 40 packets and now holds over 300, nearly all returned by borrowers. Because gardeners save seeds from plants that thrived, the collection is slowly becoming better suited to the valley's short, dry summers. What does "thrived" mean as it is used in the passage? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 10: Word Meanings; word meaning checked in the American Heritage Dictionary, "thrive"
  • Read the passage. The Alder Creek library lends more than books. A cabinet by the front desk holds envelopes of seeds: beans, squash, marigolds. Patrons "borrow" a packet in spring, grow the plants, and return seeds from their best ones in the fall. Librarian Tess Moreno says the cabinet began with 40 packets and now holds over 300, nearly all returned by borrowers. Because gardeners save seeds from plants that thrived, the collection is slowly becoming better suited to the valley's short, dry summers. Where do nearly all of the packets now in the cabinet come from? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 8: Key Details
  • Read the passage. The Alder Creek library lends more than books. A cabinet by the front desk holds envelopes of seeds: beans, squash, marigolds. Patrons "borrow" a packet in spring, grow the plants, and return seeds from their best ones in the fall. Librarian Tess Moreno says the cabinet began with 40 packets and now holds over 300, nearly all returned by borrowers. Because gardeners save seeds from plants that thrived, the collection is slowly becoming better suited to the valley's short, dry summers. Which sentence best states the central idea of the passage? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 9: Central Ideas
  • Read the passage. The Alder Creek library lends more than books. A cabinet by the front desk holds envelopes of seeds: beans, squash, marigolds. Patrons "borrow" a packet in spring, grow the plants, and return seeds from their best ones in the fall. Librarian Tess Moreno says the cabinet began with 40 packets and now holds over 300, nearly all returned by borrowers. Because gardeners save seeds from plants that thrived, the collection is slowly becoming better suited to the valley's short, dry summers. Why does the author put the word "borrow" in quotation marks? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 1 (Reading), informational target 14: Language Use

Writing and language 6

  • A dog was covered in mud, and Imani carried it inside. Which sentence says so clearly? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 9: Edit/Clarify; rule from Common Core language standard L.7.1.c, misplaced and dangling modifiers
  • A student is explaining how the school compost program works: "First, students scrape food scraps into the green bin. Next, the bin is emptied onto the pile behind the garden. ____, the finished compost is spread on the vegetable beds." Which word or phrase best fills the blank? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 1b/3b/6b: Revise Brief Texts (organization); Common Core writing standard W.7.2.c, transitions
  • A student is writing an argument that the town should build a second footbridge over the river. Which sentence gives the most relevant evidence? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 1b/3b/6b: Revise Brief Texts (evidence and elaboration); Common Core writing standard W.7.1.b, relevant evidence
  • Which revision states the idea most concisely without changing its meaning? "In my opinion, I think that the final outcome of the game was an unexpected surprise that nobody saw coming." Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 8: Language and Vocabulary Use; rule from Common Core language standard L.7.3.a, wordiness and redundancy
  • Which sentence about a hike to a lake uses commas correctly? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 9: Edit/Clarify; rule from Common Core language standard L.7.2.a, a comma to separate coordinate adjectives
  • Which sentence best joins these two ideas to show that the second happened because of the first? "The bridge was closed. We took the ferry." Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 2 (Writing), target 9: Edit/Clarify; rule from Common Core language standard L.7.1.b, sentence types that signal relationships among ideas

Research 6

  • A student claims that the school garden has led students to eat more vegetables. Which evidence best supports the claim? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 4: Use Evidence
  • A student is writing a report on the history of the town's bridge. Which source would be the most reliable for the year the bridge opened? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources
  • A student reads this sentence in a source: "The lighthouse was rebuilt in stone after a storm destroyed the wooden tower." Which is an acceptable paraphrase to use in a report, with the source named? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 4: Use Evidence; Common Core writing standard W.7.8, quote or paraphrase while avoiding plagiarism
  • A student's notes say: "The river flooded in 1998, 2009 and 2021. After 2009 the town built a levee. The 2009 flood damaged 120 homes; the 2021 flood damaged 14." Which conclusion do the notes best support? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information
  • A web page says electric scooters are "the safest way to travel." The page is run by a company that sells scooters. Why should a student researcher be cautious? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources
  • Source 1 says a city's bike lanes grew from 12 miles to 30 miles in five years. Source 2 says bike trips to work doubled in the same five years. Which statement do the two sources together support? Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint, grades 6 to 8, Claim 4 (Research), target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information

How this list was compiled: Outline: the ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (as of the 2018-19 test administration), https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/elaliteracy-summative-assessment-blueprint.pdf, linked from https://contentexplorer.smarterbalanced.org/test-development, read 2026-10-07: the blueprint table and the target sampling pages for grades 6 to 8. Each question names the claim and the assessment target it practices. Every reading answer is found in the text printed with the question. The grammar, punctuation and writing rules are the grade 7 language and writing standards of the Common Core State Standards, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/7/ and https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/7/, and one word meaning was checked in the American Heritage Dictionary, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, each named under its answer, all read 2026-10-07. Licence: Own work. Questions, reading passages, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from a Smarter Balanced test, practice test, training test, sample item or another practice test.

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Unofficial seventh grade practice for the Smarter Balanced (SBAC) tests, which California gives as part of CAASPP. Our own questions, written to grade 7 targets. Not affiliated with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or the California Department of Education.

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What grade 7 math asks most

On the grade 7 blueprint, proportional relationships and equations supply 8 or 9 of the Concepts and Procedures items, more than any other pair of targets. The 40 math questions keep those shares, and half of them practice problem solving, modeling and reasoning.

The English language arts set

Its 24 questions cover reading on three short texts, then writing and research. Reading leans toward nonfiction, as the grades 6 to 8 blueprint does. The real test adds listening and a performance task with a full written piece, which a multiple-choice page cannot give.

Questions and answers

Is there a CAASPP practice test for 7th grade as a PDF?

This practice prints as a paper test with an answer key, and the print window can save it as a PDF. California's own CAASPP practice tests for math and English are the Smarter Balanced ones, taken online.

What is on the SBAC math grade 7 practice test?

Unit rates, percent problems, equations and inequalities, operations with negative numbers and fractions, circles, angles, random samples and probability. These are the grade 7 targets of the mathematics blueprint, and each answer here names its target.

Can you use a calculator on the 7th grade SBAC math test?

In one of two sections. The Calculator Available section has an on-screen scientific calculator in grades 7 and 8, and the other section allows none.

What is a passing score on the 7th grade SBAC?

No pass mark is published. Scores fall in four achievement levels. In grade 7, Level 3 runs from 2567 to 2634 in mathematics and from 2552 to 2648 in English language arts. A percent right here is not a scaled score.

How long is the SBAC test in 7th grade?

Untimed. The consortium's estimates for grades 6 to 8 are 3 hours for mathematics and 3 hours 30 minutes for English language arts, each with its performance task.

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