7th Grade Math - Solving Rate Problems

This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS 7.4D:

solve problems involving ratios, rates, and percents, including multi-step problems involving percent increase and percent decrease, and financial literacy problems

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Instruction

Students solve problems involving a constant rate of change.

Students also apply their understanding of rate to solve problems involving percent increase and decrease.

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STAAR Practice

Between 2016 and 2025 (including redesign practice), this readiness standard has been tested 21 times on the STAAR test. Videos explaining the problems can be found below. If you'd rather take a quiz over these questions, click here. The videos below are linked to the questions in the quiz as answer explanations after the quiz is submitted.

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