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Grade 7 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Cones on the Pier (article)

   [1] A small ice cream stand on the pier keeps a daily record of its sales. [2] The owner also writes down the high temperature each afternoon. [3] After one month, the owner compared the two records to see how closely sales followed the weather.

   [4] On most days, the hotter the day, the busier the stand. [5] But on the fourth Saturday, a boat festival brought thousands of visitors to the pier, and the stand sold more than on any other day, though the day was mild. [6] The owner marked that day with a star in the notebook.

   [7] The table gives five sample days from the month. [8] The owner says the festival day should be treated as a special case. [9] Next summer, the owner plans to keep a record of festivals, too.

   TABLE: Five days at the pier stand
   Day | High temperature (degrees F) | Cones sold
   Day 3 | 72 | 110
   Day 9 | 80 | 160
   Day 15 | 88 | 230
   Day 22 | 95 | 290
   Day 26 (boat festival) | 74 | 330

2. 1.

   Ren wants to expect sales on an ordinary 85-degree day with no festival. Which estimate fits the table and the words?

   • Fewer than 110 cones, since the festival day was mild at 74 degrees.
   • About 330 cones, the highest sales shown anywhere in the table.
   • Exactly 195 cones, since the ordinary days follow a perfectly straight line.
   • Between 160 and 230 cones, between the 80-degree day and the 88-degree day.
3. 2.

   Tala wants a claim that goes beyond what the table and words show. Which one does?

   • The owner says the boat festival day should be treated as a special case.
   • The festival day sold more cones than the hottest ordinary day, though it was cooler.
   • Temperature alone caused the rise in cone sales on the four ordinary days.
   • Sales were higher on Day 22 at 95 degrees than on Day 9 at 80 degrees.

4. Counting Birds at Larkspur Marsh (article)

   [1] Every December, a bird club counts the birds that visit the Larkspur marsh, a wide stretch of reeds and shallow water beside the river. [2] Members walk the same trail and write down each bird they see or hear, from the tiny sparrows in the grass to the large herons on the mudflats. [3] The club has done the count for two years in a row.

   [4] In the first year, six members counted for a total of 12 hours. [5] In the second year, a long rain kept most of them home, and only two members counted for a total of 4 hours. [6] The club wrote down both totals next to the bird numbers.

   [7] The table shows the number of birds counted each year, along with the hours spent counting. [8] The club leader said that the two years cannot be compared fairly unless the hours spent counting are taken into account. [9] Next year, the club plans to count for a set number of hours, so that the results from different years can be compared more easily.

   TABLE: Larkspur marsh bird count
   Year | Birds counted | Hours of counting
   Year 1 | 156 | 12
   Year 2 | 80 | 4

5. 3.

   Zee wants a question that needs both the table and the words to answer. Which one does?

   • How many hours did the club spend counting in Year 1?
   • Why does Year 2 look smaller although the club saw more birds in each hour?
   • How many members counted in the first year?
   • How many birds will the club count next December?
6. 4.

   Ari wants an estimate. At the Year 2 rate of birds per hour, about how many birds would the club count in 12 hours?

   • About 156 birds, the number counted in the 12 hours of Year 1.
   • About 80 birds, because two members counted in Year 2.
   • About 960 birds, found by multiplying the 80 birds by the 12 hours of counting.
   • About 240 birds, since Year 2 had 20 birds in each hour of counting.
7. 5.

   Bo wants a claim that goes beyond what the table and words show. Which one does?

   • The marsh had fewer birds in Year 2 than in Year 1.
   • The club counted 156 birds in Year 1 and 80 birds in Year 2.
   • The club leader says the two years cannot be compared without the hours.
   • The club counted more birds per hour in Year 2 than in Year 1.

8. How Shoppers Reach the Market (article)

   [1] The Riverside Farmers Market surveyed shoppers about how they traveled there. [2] Volunteers asked each shopper at the entrance on one Saturday in June, between nine o'clock and noon. [3] The survey asked only one question: how did you get here today?

   [4] Most shoppers came from three neighborhoods near the market. [5] The volunteers asked everyone they could, but the north entrance was closed for repairs, so they surveyed far fewer shoppers from the Northgate neighborhood. [6] The market manager asked that the table list the number of shoppers surveyed for each neighborhood.

   [7] The table gives the percent of shoppers from each neighborhood who walked or biked. [8] The manager wants to use the results to plan new bike racks. [9] A larger survey is planned for the fall, when the market is busiest.

   TABLE: Shoppers who walked or biked to the market
   Neighborhood | Shoppers surveyed | Walked or biked
   Eastside | 200 | 60 percent
   Southgate | 180 | 55 percent
   Northgate | 10 | 80 percent

9. 6.

   Esme wants a question that needs both the table and the words to answer. Which one does?

   • Which neighborhood had the highest percent who walked or biked?
   • Why was the north entrance closed on the survey day?
   • Why should the 80 percent for Northgate be trusted less than the 60 percent for Eastside?
   • Which neighborhood will build the most bike racks next year?
10. 7.

    Jun wants a count. About how many of the 200 Eastside shoppers surveyed walked or biked?

    • About 10 shoppers, because the words say very few shoppers were surveyed.
    • About 120 shoppers, since 60 percent of 200 is 120.
    • About 8 shoppers, using the Northgate row of the table.
    • About 60 shoppers, the number in the walked-or-biked column.
11. 8.

    Kira wants a claim that goes beyond what the table and words show. Which one does?

    • The manager hopes to use the results to plan new bike racks.
    • Most people in Northgate walk or bike to the market.
    • More than half of the Eastside and Southgate shoppers surveyed walked or biked.
    • Eastside had 200 shoppers surveyed and Southgate had 180.

12. The Rise of Brightwater (article)

    [1] The town of Brightwater was founded in 1900 beside a river, and its first buildings were a mill and a store. [2] For its first thirty years, it stayed small, with fewer than 2,000 people. [3] A historian put together a table of its population and a timeline of events to see how the town changed.

    [4] In 1935, a railroad line reached the town. [5] A canning factory opened beside the tracks in 1938. [6] By 1950, workers had moved in from nearby farms, and the town had tripled in size.

    [7] The factory closed in 1985 after the company moved its work overseas. [8] The population has fallen slowly ever since, as young families have moved to larger cities. [9] The historian wrote that the table shows when the town grew, but only the timeline suggests why.

    TABLE: Brightwater population
    Year | People
    1930 | 1,800
    1940 | 2,900
    1950 | 5,400
    1960 | 6,100
    1980 | 6,300
    2000 | 5,700

    TIMELINE:
    1900 Town founded | 1935 Railroad arrives | 1938 Canning factory opens | 1985 Factory closes

13. 9.

    Luz wants a question that needs the table and the timeline together. Which one does?

    • How many people will live in Brightwater in 2040?
    • Which events came just before the town's biggest growth in population?
    • In what year did the canning factory open?
    • In which year did the town have the most people?
14. 10.

    Noah wants a claim that goes beyond what the table, the timeline and the words show. Which one does?

    • The town had 6,300 people in 1980, more than in any other year listed.
    • The town grew most between 1940 and 1950, after the railroad and the factory arrived.
    • The railroad caused the town's growth after 1935.
    • The factory closed in 1985 after the company moved its work overseas.