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Student Opinions: Newsroom Number Checks

Solve multistep school newspaper survey problems using signed numbers, fractions, and decimals, and check results with estimates.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.EE.B.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students solve multistep survey problems with positive and negative whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Students use estimates to check exact calculations and practical decisions.

How to use

Have students show calculations on separate paper. Discuss why a reasonable estimate may still be too rough for a deadline or an exact total.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.EE.B.3

Solve multistep real-life problems with positive and negative numbers as whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, and check by estimating.

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Student Opinions: Newsroom Number Checks

Solve multistep problems before the survey results go to press.

Collect and Check

Solve each problem. Keep fractions exact and include signs when needed.

The school newspaper receives 84 survey forms. Editors remove 6 duplicate forms and 9 incomplete forms. They divide the remaining forms equally among 3 student reporters.

How many forms does each reporter receive? forms

For a survey about quiet study spaces, each strong-support response earns +2 points, each slight-opposition response earns −1 point, and each strong-opposition response earns −2 points. There are 18 strong-support, 11 slight-opposition, and 7 strong-opposition responses.

What is the total signed score? points

Of 160 students surveyed, 3/4 answer a question about lunch schedules. Of those students, 2/5 prefer a later lunch.

How many students prefer a later lunch? students

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