Math Mammoth Grade 7, Canadian version

Math Mammoth Grade 7 Canadian Version is a complete math program for 7th grade, covering typical pre-algebra topics. After it, many students can go on to an algebra 1 program. Those who benefit from a slower pace with algebra concepts can go to Math Mammoth Grade 8.

224 pages
199 lesson pages


266 pages
241 lesson pages

7-A contents and samples
7-B contents and samples
User Guide

Worksheet generator preview
Scope & sequence (grades 1-8)
FAQ

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Prices & ordering

You can purchase Math Mammoth Grade 7 as a digital download or as already printed books.

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Digital version

Grade 7 complete:
USD $42.50 (download)

(the two worktexts, answer keys, tests, cumulative reviews, a worksheet maker, Soft-Pak)

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Part 7-A only:
USD $21.25 (download)

(Everything for the first half of 7th grade math; includes Soft-Pak)

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Part 7-B only:
USD $21.25 (download)

(Everything for the second half of 7th grade math; includes Soft-Pak)

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You will be purchasing the downloads from my authorized reseller Comecero.

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Printed copies

The links below are for Lulu. To find these at Amazon or other bookstores, search with the ISBN numbers.

7-A worktext
7-B worktext
Tests & Cumulative Reviews
Answer Keys

Amazon and other bookstores: search with the ISBN numbers.

7-A worktext
978-1-954379-29-9
7-B worktext
978-1-954379-30-5
Tests & cumulative reviews
978-1-954379-31-2
Answer keys 978-1-954379-32-9

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Supportive materials

Includes the answer keys, tests, cumulative reviews, worksheet maker, and software Soft-Pak (digital download). Purchase this to go with printed student books. Do not purchase if you get the full digital version as listed above.

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Skills Review Workbook

The Grade 7 Skills Review Workbook provides additional practice for the topics in the curriculum, in a spiral manner. I recommend you only purchase it once you are sure the student does need supplemental practice. Learn more.

At the heart of the curriculum are two student worktexts (A and B), each covering about half a year of math work. These worktexts contain all the instruction and the exercises in the same book — which makes lesson preparation a breeze. The worktexts are written directly to the student, and thus they allow many students to teach themselves and to learn directly from the books.

You will also get separate answer keys, chapter tests, additional cumulative reviews (I do recommend you use at least some of them), and a versatile worksheet maker (Internet access required) for those times when your child needs just a bit more practice.

This curriculum is essentially the same as the U.S. version of Math Mammoth Grade 7, only customized for the Canadian audience in these aspects:

• The curriculum uses mostly the metric measurement units. Since Canadians do use some imperial units (e.g. miles, pounds) in some contexts, the curriculum does infrequently use them.
• The spelling conforms mostly to American English, taking into account a few key differences where Canadian English follows British English.
• Numbers are formatted with a space as a thousands separator, and a point as a decimal separator.
• Page (paper) size is Letter.

The US version of the curriculum is aligned to the Common Core Standards, which means this curriculum may not be properly aligned to the seventh grade standards in your province. However, you can probably find material for any missing topics in neighbouring grades, which means you can simply re-order the material to solve most incompatibilities between different standards.

Features

• Math Mammoth focuses on conceptual understanding. It explains the "WHY", so your children can understand the math, not just learn "HOW" to do it.
• Concepts are often explained with visual models, followed by exercises using those models. These visual models can take the place of manipulatives for many children; however, it is very easy to add corresponding manipulatives to the lessons if so desired.
• The curriculum is mastery-oriented. This means it concentrates fairly long on a topic, delving into its various aspects. This promotes conceptual understanding, as opposed to spiral curricula that often tend to jump from topic to topic too much.
• It requires very little teacher preparation.
• The curriculum has no separate teacher's manual nor is it scripted. The introduction to each chapter has some notes for the teacher concerning the material in the chapter. All the instruction is written directly to the student in the worktext, and there also exist accompanying videos where you can see Maria herself teach the material.
• After each chapter introduction, you will find a list of Internet links and resources (games, quizzes, animations, etc.) that can be used for fun, illustrations, and further practice.

Please read the FAQ for more information.

Additional features for the digital version (download)

• The PDF files can be filled in on a computer, phone, or tablet, using the annotation tools found in many PDF apps. Learn more.
• BONUS! The digital version comes with BONUS Soft-Pak programs. The 6 programs in Soft-Pak (4 math, 1 language arts, 1 list maker) offer both on-screen and printable activities in a low-graphic, high content format. Read more and see screenshots.

Overview of topics

The main areas of study in Math Mammoth Grade 7 are:

• introduction to basic algebra concepts
• integers and their operations
• solving one-step equations, including with negative numbers
• rational numbers, focusing on calculations that involve negative decimals and negative fractions
• solving linear equations and inequalities (special cases), and writing equations and inequalities for word problems
• ratios, rates, proportions, and percent
• geometry: angle relationships, drawing figures with given conditions (including compass & ruler constructions), Pi and the area and circumference of a circle, cross-sections formed when cutting solids, surface area, and volume
• probability
• statistics: random sampling and comparing two samples/populations

Please also see the table of contents 7-A and 7-B (in the sample files), which will let you see the topics covered in more detail.

Manipulatives

Here is a list of measurement tools that are needed for grade 7-B.

1. A ruler that measures in centimeters (for 7-B).
2. A compass (for 7-B).
3. A protractor (for 7-B).

Supplements

Skills Review Workbook

Math Mammoth Skills Review Workbook, Grade 7 provides additional practice for the topics in Math Mammoth Grade 7 curriculum. I recommend you only purchase it once you are sure the student does need supplemental practice. Learn more.

Introduction

Math Mammoth Grade 7-A and Grade 7-B worktexts comprise a complete math curriculum for seventh grade mathematics studies. This is a pre-algebra course, and students can continue to an algebra 1 curriculum after studying it.

We start out with an introduction to basic algebra, which is in many ways a review of the same topics from 6th grade. The first chapter reviews the order of operations, the concepts of an expression and equation, and the distributive property. Students learn about the commutative and associative properties of addition and multiplication, and they simplify expressions that don’t involve negative numbers.

In chapter 2, we study integers and their operations in detail. Some of this is, again, review from 6th grade, and some of it is new. The four operations of integers are explained with the help of two visual models: the number line and counters, hopefully providing an intuitive understanding of the processes. Students need to be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers when they learn to solve equations in chapter 3. In the end of the chapter students also learn about negative fractions.

In the next chapter (chapter 3) students study simple one-step equations. They already know the basics of how to solve these types of equations from 6th grade, but this time we use negative numbers in them.

Chapter 4 is titled Rational Numbers, which are simply fractions and certain decimals, so the student is already very familiar with them. The goal of the chapter is to be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide both positive and negative fractions and decimals and also do more complex calculations with them. We also solve simple equations involving fractions and decimals and learn about complex fractions.

The last chapter in part 7-A focuses on linear equations. The student learns to solve various types of linear equations and practices writing such for simple word problems. We also study linear inequalities, but not to the same depth as linear equations.

Part B starts out with a study of ratios and proportions (chapter 6). Students study unit rates, proportions, proportional relationships, scale drawings, and floor plans.

The next chapter provides thorough lessons on the concept of percent. Students learn to solve a wide variety of problems involving percentages, including percentage of change and simple interest problems.

Geometry is our focus in chapter 8. Students draw geometric figures with given conditions (e.g. a triangle with 60° and 50° angles and a 6-cm side), and they also learn some basic geometric constructions. The other themes of this chapter are various angle relationships, area and the perimeter of a circle, conversions between units of area and of volume, surface area, volume, and cross-sections when solids are sliced with a plane.

Chapter 9 is an introduction to probability. Besides learning the basic idea behind probability as the ratio of favorable events to all possible events, students compare experimental probabilities to theoretical ones in probability simulations and even design some on their own.

Lastly, in chapter 10, the curriculum covers statistical concepts. The major areas of study are random sampling and learning to compare two populations using some basic statistical measures and graphs.

Please read the FAQ for more information.

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