Ten free 7th grade word problems about skateboarding, with an answer key. Type your kid's first name and every problem is about them; press "New problems" for a fresh sheet as often as you like.
This sheet mixes proportions, percent increase and decrease, sale prices, simple interest, adding and subtracting integers, and two-step equations. Each problem is built from a checked math template, so the numbers change every time but the answers are always right; only the story is about skateboarding.
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Skateboarding Math
7th Grade · Proportions · Percent increase and decrease · Sale prices · Simple interest · Adding and subtracting integers · Two-step equations
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Sam uses black stickers and orange stickers in a ratio of 1:2 to cover a deck. How many black stickers go with 28 orange stickers?
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Last year, 25 skaters came to the skate jam. This year, Sam counted 30. What is the percent increase?
A. 16.67%
B. 5%
C. 10%
D. 20%
Sam wants a complete skateboard that costs $120. It goes on sale for 75% off. What is the sale price?
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Sam put $800 of birthday and allowance savings into a savings account that pays 5% simple interest per year. How much interest will the money earn in 3 years?
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Sam checked the temperature at the skatepark. It was -10°C at sunrise. By noon, it had dropped 11 degrees. What was the temperature at noon, in °C?
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Sam has 55 skate stickers in all: 10 loose skate stickers plus 5 bags with the same number of skate stickers in each bag. If x is the number of skate stickers in each bag, solve 5x+10=55.
A.x=13
B.x=11
C.x=9
D.x=45
Sam uses black stickers and orange stickers in a ratio of 5:9 to cover a deck. How many black stickers go with 36 orange stickers?
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Last month, Sam had 120 skate stickers. Now Sam has 144. What is the percent increase?
A. 20%
B. 16.67%
C. 24%
D. 10%
Sam wants a complete skateboard that costs $120. It goes on sale for 20% off. What is the sale price?
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Sam's skate club raised $100 at a car wash and put it in a savings account that pays 6% simple interest per year. How much interest will it earn in 1 year?
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Answer key
Skateboarding Math · 7th Grade
14Cross-multiply:1×28=28,thendivideby2:x=14.
D. 20%Percentchange=(change÷original)×100=(5÷25)×100=20%.
30.0075%of120is90,sothesalepriceis120−90=$30.00.
120.00800×0.05×3=$120.00.
-21-10+-11=-21.
C. x=9Undothe+10first(subtractfrombothsides),thenundothe×5(dividebothsides):x=9.
20Cross-multiply:5×36=180,thendivideby9:x=20.
A. 20%Percentchange=(change÷original)×100=(24÷120)×100=20%.
96.0020%of120is24,sothesalepriceis120−24=$96.00.
6.00100×0.06×1=$6.00.
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