Summer Math Fun: Going into Grade 7
Dear Student and Family,
You have learned so much in math this year! It is important to keep practicing your mathematical knowledge
during the summer to be ready to enter your next grade. In this packet you will find short and fun math
activities that will help you review and maintain math skills learned throughout this past year.
This summer math review is a calendar for the months of July and August. All you have to do is follow the
daily calendar and complete at least three of the activities per week, every week. Keep a notebook or write
answers on the back of this sheet and have your parents initial each day you complete. Hand your work
into your teacher during the first week of school.
The list of websites below are places you can go to further practice and improve your math skills and get
ready for the challenge of next school year!
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http://coolmath4kids.com
This site is like an amusement park for math. There are lots of things for children to explore and problems
to solve.
http://www.webmath.com/
Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as
entered by a user, at any particular moment. This site has family activities, math help and much more.
http://www.sumdog.com/
Your children will love the free educational games, while Sumdog's learning engine ensures they work on
the important skills.
http://learnzillion.com/
LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Each
lesson highlights a Common Core standard, starting with math in grades 3-9.
http://www.ixl.com/math/grades
Ixl is a great site for fun interactive games and math practice focused by grade or standard.
Enjoy your summer and keep your skills sharp!
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July 2015 Summer Math Fun: Going into Grade 7
Monday
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Solve:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Play the Daily Ken Ken:
Go to
http://illuminations.nctm.or
g/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=189
2
Find a graph in a
newspaper, magazine, or an
online website. What are
some conclusions you can
gather from it?
9
Draw a picture of a pyramid
you might see in Egypt. Now
draw the net it would form.
Look online for an example if
needed.
3
Calculate the area of the
cover of magazine or a book
in your home.
7 You bought 3 ice creams
for $5.25, and your best
friend bought 5 for $7.50.
Did your ice creams cost the
same as your friends?
Explain how you know.
8
Visit the website
http://www.khanacademy.or
g/and explore the site for 15
minutes. Write about what
you saw.
13
Draw the net of a Kleenex
box or similar box in your
home. What do all the faces
have in common?
14
“Boulder Dash” runs 6 times
every 20 minutes. How
many times will it run in an
hour and a half?
16
Give an example of a
Rational number in fraction
form. Write your rational
number in its decimal form.
20
Find an object such as a
cereal box. Describe the
difference in the meaning
Of the volume vs. the
surface area?
21
Draw a number line to
demonstrate and solve the
problem: “You have $8 but
owe your mom $12.”
15
Go to the following website:
resources.oswego.org/game
s/mathmagician/cathymath
for 10 minutes and practice
some math facts.
22
Go to the website
aaamath.com
and play a game of your
choice and write your score.
10
What is the relationship
between the variables?
Write an expression that
illustrates the relationship.
x
1 2 3 4
y
3 6 9 12
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Write a story problem
involving two operations
using the numbers from
today’s date( 7-19-2013).
23
If there are 14,175 students
in town assigned to 15
schools, how many students
are at each school?
24
Write an algebraic
expression for:
Twice the sum of a number
and 7
27
Draw a number line showing
the example
5 – 16
28
Today it is expected that 103
buses carrying 58 students
each will arrive at Rocky
Neck Beach. How many
students is that in total?
29
Go back to the website:
amathsdictionaryforkids
for “PROPORTION”. Type in
a ratio in the lower boxes,
and give 2 equivalent values
to your ratio
30
Write an algebraic
expression for:
6 more than 5 times a #
31
Find the high and low
temperatures for today.
What is the difference?
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𝟖
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August 2015 Summer Math Fun: Going into Grade 7
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3 Use the formulas V=s and
A=6s2 to calculate the volume
and surface area of the cube
that is 2.5 in. on each side
4
Draw the net for the cube from
yesterday.
5
Go to http://coolmath4kids.com
and “play around” for 10
minutes.
6
𝟏
There are 𝟑 pizzas left from
𝟖
your summer party. How much
will you and your 4 friends get?
10 Reflect the point (-3,1) over
the y axis. What is the new
coordinate?
11
cm 2
4
5
8
m
20
40
50
80
m
Using the information in the
table, find the number of mm in
one cm.
18
The temperature at the South
Pole was -10° at noon. It
dropped 6 degrees in one hour.
What is the new temperature?
12
Go back to the website:
amathsdictionaryforkids
and get the definitions of
mean, median, mode, and
range
13
Ask 10 friends or family
members to pick a number 110. Record your results as a
line plot. What is the range of
data? What does it represent?
7
𝟑
Karley has yds of material to
𝟒
make book covers. If each book
𝟏
cover takes yds.of fabric, how
𝟖
many book covers can she
make?
14
Use yesterday’s results to
calculate the mean, median and
mode of your data. How do
they compare?
19 Visit the website:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/A
ctivityDetail.aspx?ID=205
and use the “Dynamic Paper
Tool” to create a net of a 3-D
object.
20 Put the data is in order
from least to greatest:
763547634563
Make a box plot and find the
Minimum, Q1, Median, Q3, and
Maximum values.
21 Jackie went “back to
school” shopping and spent
$90.36 on 4 pair of jeans that
all cost the same. Write and
solve an algebraic equation to
represent this situation.
25
Write the number of baby
hamsters from the previous day
as a numeral expression using
exponential notation. How
many baby hamsters are there
all together?
26
Write an algebraic expression
including a quotient, a variable,
and an odd integer.
27 You deserve a fun day, Go
to http://www.sumdog.com/
And play for 10-15 minutes.
28
Which temperature is colder 13⁰ or -16⁰ ?
Use a number line to show how
you know.
3
17
Use long division to solve the
problem:
𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟒
𝟐𝟑
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Draw a picture to represent this
problem:
Mr. Science has a pair of
hamsters. The hamsters have 2
babies. Those babies grow up
and have 2 babies of their own.