MAP Test Practice 7th Grade
The NWEA 7th Grade MAP Growth Test is used worldwide as a method of academic appraisal as well as a way to determine eligibility for gifted programs. Doing well on the 7th Grade MAP Exam can give students a leg-up in their academic career. Remember: It’s never too early to start preparing for a bright future!
Like other NWEA examinations, the 7th Grade MAP Growth is a computer-adaptive test in which a question's level of difficulty is determined by the student’s performance on the previous questions. The test is untimed, though students usually spend approximately an hour on each section.
The MAP Growth is divided into four tests—Math, Reading, Language Usage, and Science, with the science section often being ommitted. Let’s look below at some sample questions from the three popular subjects
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7th Grade MAP Sample Questions
Math
The MAP growth Math for 7th grade includes 40-43 questions in various formats, such as multiple choice and others. The topics include computation and problem solving, number sense, geometry, measurement, algebraic concepts, and data analysis. For more about each of these topics, see below. Now let’s see what these questions look like:
MAP Math – Computation and Problem Solving; Number Sense
Which one of these will have the smallest result?
Tip:
You may not even need to solve each number in order to determine relative value. See if you can deduce enough information to be able to tell which values are greater or less than others.
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MAP Math – Measurement
What is the correct order for the time measurements below to go from lowest value to highest?
MAP Math – Geometery
Choose the pairs with similar triangles
Similar triangles have the same shape but may come in different sizes. In order to determine whether two triangles are similar, you can check the following rules:
1. SSS (Side Side Side) – Two different triangles are similar if all the sides in one triangle are in the same proportion to the matching sides in the other triangle.
2. SAS (Side Angle Side) – If two triangles have two pairs of sides which have the same proportion as the pair in the second triangle and the angle between them is the same, they are similar:
Pair (a) has similar triangles; The missing angle in the triangle on the right is 45° (the interior angles of a triangle add to 180°), making this triangle an isosceles triangle. Thus, the right side of the triangle is also 4:
There are two side of the triangles with the same proportion 3/3=4/4=1 and the angle between those sides is 90° in both of the triangles. Therefore, the triangles are similar according to SAS.
Pair (b) has similar triangles according to SSS. Both triangles have three pairs of matching sides (Notice that these triangles are also congruent, since all sides are equal - congruent triangles are also similar triangles).
Pair (c) does not have similar triangles. There are no matching angles between the triangles and no information regarding their sides.
Therefore, the correct answer is (D) – Pairs (a) and (b) are similar.
Tip:
Go over all the rules and properties of shapes to be able to determine missing sides, angles, and other measurements.
MAP Math – Data; Algebraic Thinking
Use the graph below to answer the question.
What is the unit rate per crate?
The correct answer is (D).
The unit rate here is the length of time it takes to pick one crate of cherries. The word unit always means one, so here it refers to one crate of cherries. One way to find this is to draw a line up from one on the x axis (one crate of cherries) and follow the line up to the graph and then along to the y axis to read off the time taken (number of minutes). See the orange line below.
So, one on the x axis leads to three minutes on the y axis showing that it takes three minutes to pick one crate of cherries. It is also possible to see this rate elsewhere on the graph. For example, the green line links two on the x axis with six on the y axis. This means that it takes six minutes to pick two crates of cherries. Although this is not a unit rate, it can be used to calculate the unit rate, as follows.
2 crates / 6 minutes // divide both parts by two
1 crate / 3 minutes
When dealing with a rate, you must keep the proportional relationship; what you do to one part, you must do to the other.
Therefore, the correct answer is (D).
If you answered (A), you read the graph the wrong way around. You went from the y axis to the x axis.
Reading
The MAP growth Language Usage for 7th grade includes 40-43 questions in various formats, such as multiple choice, and others. The topics include writing mechanics, parts of speech, usage and sentence structure, and writing process. For more about each of these topics, see below. Now let’s go through some examples of what these might look like:
MAP Reading Q1 – Literary Text
Read the poem. Then answer the questions.
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
1. This is a narrative poem because it ______
MAP Reading Q2 – Literary Text
2. What is the attitude of the speaker in the poem?
Tip:
Try reading the question before reading the text so that you know what to look for and what to pay attention to.
MAP Math – Informational Text
Read the passage.
Technological advancements are all around us, but we rarely stop to appreciate them, and particularly those advancements which have been around long enough so we take them for granted. For example, the camera: before cameras were developed, people who wanted to put up a family photo had to pose for oil paintings. Or the internet: before there was internet available, people who wanted to find information had to go through books, usually several books, to find what they were looking for. Or the telephone: before people had telephones, they had to wait for days, weeks, and even months for a letter to arrive in the mail. Or the remote control: when people first bought televisions for their homes there was no remote, and when they wanted to turn the TV on or off or change the channel, they had to walk up to it and click one of its buttons.
Another technological advancement people take for granted is the alarm clock. Have you ever stopped to think how people got up for work on time before the alarm clock was invented?
In the past, alarm clocks were not available, and even when they became available, they were not always reliable and not everyone could afford them. Some people, such as people who worked shifts, still had to get to work on time. So, they used the service of a knocker-upper, which was a job people could apply for until the 1970's in the UK.
A knocker-upper walked around the street carrying a long pole and knocked on the customers' windows to wake them up. Some knocker-uppers used soft hammers, rattles, and even pea-shooters.
In the beginning, knocker-uppers used to ring the doorbell or knock loudly on the door, and later they started using the long sticks to knock on windows from the outside, knocking loudly enough to wake up the people inside the house, but softly enough not to wake the neighbors.
And who woke up the knocker-upper? They were usually people who were night owls anyway and slept during the day.
What is one logical reason, according to the passage, for the knocker-uppers to knock on the windows instead of the doors of the customers?
Tip:
When you are unsure of the answer, go through each option and eliminate which ones make the least amount of sense. This will narrow down the possibilities and make it easier to find the best answer.
MAP Reading – Word Meaning
Read the sentence, then answer the question.
What is the meaning of the Greek root phil?
Reading
The MAP growth Language Usage for 7th grade includes 40-43 questions in various formats, such as multiple choice, and others. The topics include writing mechanics, parts of speech, usage and sentence structure, and writing process. For more about each of these topics, see below. Now let’s go through some examples of what these might look like:
MAP Language Usage – Mechanics
Which of the following sentences follows the rules of capitalization?
Tip:
Capitalization—and punctuation in general—can be very technical. Sometimes it may seem right and be wrong, or vice versa. It is best to review all the rules and practice spotting them in different contexts, rather than relying on instinct or familliarity.
MAP Language Usage – Parts of Speech
Read the sentence.
A molecule is approximately one million times smaller than a grain of sand.
Which word is modified by the adjective "smaller"?
MAP Language Usage – Usage
Read the passage.
Long before computers existed, Ada Lovelace was already thinking of innovative ways they could be used. Lovelace, the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron [A], was born in England in 1815. In 1833, she met Charles Babbage [B], who was creating a design for a mechanical computer that could perform calculations. Lovelace added to Babbage’s ideas by proposing that computers could perform many tasks besides calculations [C]. Though Lovelace didn’t live long enough to see her ideas put into practice [D], she is widely considered one of the first and most influential computer scientists in history.
Which underlined section of the passage is an independent clause?
Tip:
Don’t be fooled by the length of a sentence, phrase, or any segment in writing. The answer will always follow the structure or makeup itself, not how it appears. A sentence can be two words, a clause can be ten words, and a phrase can be longer or shorter than either of them.
MAP Language Usage – Writing Process
Which is the best thesis for a persuasive essay on the first time people landed on the moon?
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MAP Test Practice Tips: 7th Grade
- Study according to your student’s level. While you may be studying for the 7th Grade MAP Test, each student’s level of knowledge varies and there may be some knowledge gaps in need of being filled. We therefore recommend taking the time to fill them.
- Schedule reading time. Nothing beats improving vocabulary and language skills in general than taking the time everyday to read. We recommend incorporating both fiction and nonfiction sources into your reading time, as both will be included in the exam.
- Discuss current events. Keeping your student informed about current events is a great way to maintain interest in learning, a weapon imperative to doing well on the exam.
- Use math daily. For many students, math anxiety is a daily academic struggle. Therefore, sprinkling a bit of math into your student’s day, be it through a fun math fact or an interesting equation, can help loosen their nerves and even pique their interest.
- Maintain a steady study schedule. Sticking to a schedule with firm deadlines and time restraints will help keep your student mentally organized and also ensure every minute counting towards his or her prepping process.
- Add variety! Varying both studying location and style is beneficial in keeping your brain from idling. Studied at home too much? Try the library or a café. Did a lot of highlighting and reading? Try writing and speaking.
- Keep an eye on nutrition. Making sure your diet consists of all the necessary nutrients is key to ensuring the utmost effectivity in every study session. Protein, healthy fats, and fruits and veggies are a splendid weapon for brain power and focus.
- Treat sleep as non-negotiable. Alas, many students have fallen for this “extra time in disguise”- it makes sense, sleep less study more. Except it doesn’t. Getting 8-9 hours of sleep is a crucial part of information retention. Not getting your ZZs after an effective session of studying makes it ineffective.
- Talk through the topics you cover. Sometimes talking about a topic helps it register better in the mind. Make sure to talk through the difficult concepts, be it in language usage, reading, or math.
- Practice with practice tests! Practice tests are the best way to become accustomed to the format of the examination and thus feel more prepared on test day. Often text anxiety comes from unfamiliarity with the test format.
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