Your free 7th grade worksheet
This is a one-page-style sample of what our packets feel like: a little of each core subject, real 7th grade skills, and an answer key on its own page. Print it, hand it over, and see where your kid is.
Free Sample · Grade 7Nib says: “Fourteen questions. I believe in you. Mostly.”
Math
- Max walks ½ mile to the park in ⅙ of an hour. What is his speed in miles per hour?
- Nib sells pencils by the box. The table shows the cost.
a) Is the relationship proportional? b) What is the constant of proportionality? c) Write an equation.Boxes (x) 2 5 8 Cost in $ (y) 7 17.50 28 - A $40 jacket's price goes up 20%, then the new price goes down 20%. What is the final price? Is it more, less, or the same as $40?
- Evaluate: a) (−8) + 15 − (−6) b) (−3)(−4) ÷ (−2)
- Nib has 24 erasers and gives away 3 each day. Write and solve an equation to find how many days until Nib has 6 left.
- A circular garden has a diameter of 10 feet. Using π ≈ 3.14, find its circumference and its area.
- A bag holds 3 red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. a) What is P(blue)? b) You draw one, put it back, and draw again. What is P(red, then green)?
English: read, then answer
Before about 1450, nearly every book in Europe was copied by hand. A single Bible could take a skilled scribe many months, so books were scarce and expensive, and most people never owned one. Then Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith in Mainz, developed a printing press with movable metal type. Workers could set a page of letters once and print it again and again.
The change was not instant, but it was enormous. Within a few decades, print shops had spread to cities across Europe. Pamphlets, maps and textbooks became cheaper. Ideas that once traveled at the speed of a scribe's pen could now reach thousands of readers. Some leaders worried about this. When anyone could print an argument, it was harder to control what people read and believed.
- What is the central idea of the passage?
- Give two pieces of evidence from the passage that support the central idea.
- What does scarce mean? Which clue in the sentence helped you?
- Write a paragraph: Was the printing press good for ordinary people? State a claim, support it with evidence from the passage, and respond to one opposing view.
Science
- In a sealed bag, 5 g of baking soda and 20 g of vinegar react and the bag puffs up. a) Is this a physical or chemical change? Give one piece of evidence. b) What is the total mass inside the bag after the reaction? Why?
History
- Put these in order, earliest first: Columbus reaches the Americas · Magna Carta is signed · Gutenberg's printing press · the Western Roman Empire falls.
- Under feudalism, what did a lord give a vassal, and what did the vassal owe in return?
Answer Key · Grade 7 Free Sample- 3 mph. ½ ÷ ⅙ = ½ × 6 = 3.
- a) Yes: 7/2 = 17.5/5 = 28/8 = 3.5. b) k = 3.5 ($3.50 per box). c) y = 3.5x.
- $38.40, less than $40. $40 × 1.2 = $48; $48 × 0.8 = $38.40. The 20% decrease is taken from a bigger number, so it removes more than the increase added. (Overall change: 1.2 × 0.8 = 0.96, a 4% decrease.)
- a) 13 (−8 + 15 = 7; 7 + 6 = 13). b) −6 (12 ÷ −2).
- 24 − 3d = 6 → 3d = 18 → d = 6 days.
- Circumference = πd ≈ 3.14 × 10 = 31.4 ft. Area = πr² ≈ 3.14 × 5² = 78.5 sq ft.
- a) 5/10 = 1/2. b) 3/10 × 2/10 = 6/100 = 3/50.
- Sample: Gutenberg's printing press made books and ideas far cheaper and faster to spread, which changed Europe.
- Any two: books were copied by hand and took months; print shops spread across Europe within decades; pamphlets, maps and textbooks became cheaper; ideas could reach thousands of readers; leaders found it harder to control what people read.
- Rare / hard to get. Clue: “so books were scarce and expensive, and most people never owned one.”
- Look for: a clear claim; at least one piece of passage evidence; a response to an opposing view (for example, “Some leaders worried… but…”); complete sentences.
- a) Chemical change. Evidence: a gas forms (bubbles, the bag puffs up); a new substance is made. b) 25 g. In a sealed bag no matter escapes, so mass is conserved: atoms are rearranged, not created or destroyed.
- Western Roman Empire falls (476) → Magna Carta (1215) → Gutenberg's press (about 1450) → Columbus reaches the Americas (1492).
- The lord gave land (a fief) and protection; the vassal owed loyalty and military service.
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How should you use a free printable worksheet?
A worksheet like this is most useful as a check, not a lesson. Three ways to use it:
- Placement. Have your child try it cold. Questions they breeze through are solid; questions they skip or miss show you where to start. Our K–8 "what should my child know" checklist helps you go further back if needed.
- Review. Use it after a unit to see what stuck.
- A light day. Sick day, travel day, appointment day: one printed page keeps the streak going.
Check it together using the answer key. Have your child find their own mistakes first; it's faster and they remember it better.
What makes a good printable homeschool worksheet?
Plenty of free worksheets are busywork. Before you print a stack, check for these:
| Look for | Avoid |
|---|---|
| A clear grade level and the skill it practices | "Fun" pages with no clear skill |
| A mix of easy, medium and stretch problems | 40 identical drill problems |
| Word problems with a real context | Only bare computation |
| Room to show work | Cramped boxes for answers |
| An answer key with worked solutions | No key, or answers only |
| Questions that ask "how do you know?" | Only fill-in-the-blank recall |
The best worksheets also connect to what came before. A one-off page can't do that, which is why free worksheets work best alongside a sequenced plan. See our 7th grade homeschool curriculum guide for a full-year order of topics.
Where can I find more free printable homeschool resources?
These are reputable, free and worth bookmarking:
- Smarter Balanced sample items: practice questions in the style of the tests California public school students take (useful for charter families).
- Library of Congress: primary sources for teachers, including documents, maps and photos you can print for history.
- NASA STEM: free learning resources for science and engineering.
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Money as You Grow activities for life skills and money.
- California Department of Education: the official grade 7 math standards, so you know exactly what to practice.
Why do printable worksheets still work in a screen-heavy world?
Paper has some real advantages for kids this age:
- It has an end. A page is done when it's done. That makes it easier to start.
- It shows work. You can see how your kid got a wrong answer, not just that they did.
- It's distraction-free. No notifications, no tabs.
- It makes a record. A dated, completed page is proof of learning, handy for charter work samples or your own homeschool records.
Want a full packet made for your kid?
This free sample is a taste. A real Homeschool Packet goes deeper:
- One subject at a time, with enough practice to actually master the skill
- Your child's first name on every page and in the word problems
- A Max & Nib comic on page 1 that calls your kid by name
- A 36-week sequence, so every packet builds on the last, with review built in
- A full answer key for you
- Eight subjects: Math, English, Science, History/Social Studies, Spanish, Art, Coding and Life Skills
Plans: $7/month for one subject, $25/month for any four, $40/month for all eight. See plans or tell us about your learner to get started.
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