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Encyclopedia > Seventh grade

Seventh grade (called Grade 7 in some regions) is a year of education in America and many other nations. It is usually seven years after kindergarten. Students are usually 12–13 years old, but sometimes as old as 16. It is generally a part of middle school. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A kindergarten classroom in Afghanistan. ... Grade retention is the practice of having a student (usually a general education student, rather than a special education student) repeat a grade level of schooling. ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ...


In the United States, in mathematics, students focus commonly on an introduction to pre-algebra or algebra I, including ratio, proportion, percent. New topics sometimes include scientific notation, concepts with negative numbers, and more advanced geometry. In some parts of the United States, seventh grade is the first school grade in which students have different teachers for each of their subjects, and so they change classrooms at the end of the period. Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, known today as the father of geometry; shown here in a detail of The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Pre-algebra is a common name for a course in elementary mathematics. ... In the United States Algebra I is a common title for the first course in elementary algebra. ... A ratio is a dimensionless, or unitless, quantity denoting an amount or magnitude of one quantity relative to another. ... In mathematics, two quantities are called proportional if they vary in such a way that one of the quantities is a constant multiple of the other, or equivalently if they have a constant ratio. ... A percentage is a way of expressing a proportion, a ratio or a fraction as a whole number, by using 100 as the denominator. ... Scientific notation is a scheme for writing numbers that is often used by scientists and mathematicians to easily write large and small numbers. ... A negative number is a number that is less than zero, such as −3. ... Table of Geometry, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...


In some states of Australia including Victoria, NSW, ACT and Tasmania Year 7 is the first year of high school but, it is the 8th Year of Schooling (Prep, 1 - 6 then Year 7). High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ...

Preceded by
Sixth grade
Seventh grade
12–13
Succeeded by
Eighth grade

Its English equivalent is Year 8, the second year of secondary education. Sixth grade is a year of education in the United States and other countries six years after kindergarten (usually 11-12 years old. ... Eighth grade is a year of primary education in the United States and Canada (in Canada its often referred to as Grade 8). ...



 

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