1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Define identity. | an equation that is true for any value of the variable
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2. Solve the following equation: 3x + 4 = 5x - 10 | 7
| 3. Which property is being shown in the following expression: 4(5x +2)? | Distributive
| 4. Solve the following equation: 5(y - 4)= 7(2y + 1) | -3
| 5. Is the following equation a literal equation, a formula, or both y = 2x - 1? | literal equation
| 6. Solve the following equation for y: 5y - 20x = 10 | y=2+4x
| 7. What is the length of rectangle with a width of 10 in and an area of 45 in^2? | 4.5 in
| 8. Does multiplying by a conversion factor change the amount of what is being measured? | No, it only changes the units
| 9. What conversion factor would you use to convert inches to feet? | 12 inches = 1 foot
| 10. Convert 63 yards to feet using 3 feet = 1 yard | 189 feet
| 11. Why can't the denominator be zero when using the Cross Products Property? | You cannot divided by 0.
| 12. Solve the following proportion: x/8=4/5 | x=6.4
| 13. A florist is making centerpieces. He uses 2 dozen roses for every 5 centerpieces. How many dozens of roses will he need to make 20 centerpieces? | 8 dozens
| 14. Abbottsville and Broken Branch are 175 miles apart. On a map, the distance between the two towns is 2.5 in. What is the scale of the map? | 1 in = 70 miles
| 15. ∆ABC~∆DEF identify the corresponding sides and angles | AB/DE, BC/EF, AC/DF and | 16. What percent of 75 is 15? | 20%
| 17. What is 25% of 144? | 36
| 18. 20% of what number is 80? | 400
| 19. You deposit $1200 in a savings account that earns simple interest at a rate of 3% per year. How much interest will you have after 3 years? | $108
| 20. If the original amount was 12 and the new amount is 18, do you have a percent increase or a percent decrease? | increase
| 21. An employee was hired at a wage of $10. After a raise, he earned $10.50. What is the percent increase? | 5%
| 22. A doctor measures a patient's weight as 185 lbs to the nearest pound. Find the minimum and maximum possible measurement. | max=185.5; min= 185.5 |
