Year 7 · NAPLAN
Year 7 NAPLAN numeracy practice
Year 7 is where arithmetic turns into algebra and the questions stop telling you which operation to use. Percentages, ratios and negative numbers appear in the same paper, often dressed up as a situation rather than a sum.
What the section covers
- Number
- Integers, fractions, decimals and percentages, ratio and rate, index notation.
- Algebra
- Substituting into formulas, solving linear equations, reading and writing expressions.
- Measurement
- Perimeter, area and volume, units and conversions, time and rates, Pythagoras from Year 9.
- Space and geometry
- Angles and parallel lines, transformations, coordinates, properties of triangles and quadrilaterals.
- Statistics and probability
- Mean, median and range, interpreting graphs that mislead, probability of simple and combined events.
Sample questions
8 real questions from our Year 7 papers, covering the different ways this section asks things. Answer the ones you can click; the rest show how they work. Nothing to sign up for.
Question 1
If Taylor picks one marble at random without looking, what can you say about the chance of it being green?
A bag contains 13 marbles. Three of the marbles are green.
Question 2
On which day did 43 campers sign up?
Question 3
If the number pattern continues, which number will be in the pattern?
The number sequence is 22, 36, 50, 64, 78, 92, …
Question 4
A total of 300 people were surveyed as they entered the stadium to watch a cricket match. Each person was asked which of the two teams, Chargers or Blasters, they believed would win. The table below shows the responses: How many children believed the Blasters would win?
Write your answer .Question 5
What is Lina’s average (mean) score?
In her last 10 Science quizzes, Lina received the following scores: 84, 76, 65, 70, 82, 78, 90, 88, 74, 69
Question 6
How many pins will be used in Pattern 12?
Write your answer .Question 7
Question 8
Based on the chart, what is the total number of hours spent by all the students combined?
Write your answer .
Keep going with the full papers
Nineteen Year 7 numeracy papers, 399 questions, single-topic and full-length.
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