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. 1. What is the standard form of 2,000,000+300,000+6,000+400+20+1 | 2,306,421 | 2. 2. What is the value of the 7 in the number 57,035,189 | 7 million | 3. 3. What is the number eight and twenty-eight thousandths written in standard form? | 8.028 | 4. 4. Round 623.153 to the nearest tenth. | 623.2 | 5. 5. Sara needs to buy a gallon of milk for $3.98, a dozen eggs for $2.75, and paper towels for $3.87. Sara said she needs $10 to pay for all the items. Is her answer reasonable? Explain. | No | 6. 6. Solve. 83.04-7.6 | 75.44 | 7. 7. Solve. 974X38= | 37,012 | 8. 8.Which mult. property does the equation represent?7x(9x2)=(7x9)x2 | Associative Property | 9. 9. Julius was asked to distribute 833 marbles into four bags equally. How many marbles will be in each bag? | 208 with 1 left over | 10. 10. Solve the division problem. Show your answer as a mixed number 655/6= | 109 1/6 | 11. 11. Each row in the auditorium has 18 seats. 246 students and teachers are going to watch an assembly in the auditorium. How many rows of seats will be completely filled? | 13rows | 12. 12.Find the product of 0.39 and 0.03 | 0.0117 | 13. 13. In 2000, Texas contained 79.6 people per square mile. What information do you need to find how many people lived in the state of Texas? | The # of sq. miles in Texas | 14. 14. What is the product of 0.84 and 10 to the third power? | 840 | 15. 15. 646.58 divided by 22 equals what? | 29.39 | 16. 16. A state flag costs $7.99. Ethan wants to buy 5 flags. What is the total cost of the flags? | $39.95 | 17. 17. What is the quotient of 3,600 and 10 to the third power? | 3.6 | 18. 18. Brittany works 21.5 hours every week. If she earns $8.50 per hour, how much does she earn in one week? | 4182.75 | 19. 19. What expression represents the phrase, "13 less than the current amount"? | n-13 | 20. 20.What expression represents the phrase "12 more than a number times 16"? | 16n+12 | 21. 21. 2 3/4+1 1/4+ 3 1/2= | 7 1/2 | 22. 22. Gia walked 1/4mile from her house to the park, then 3/8 mile around the park, and then 1/4 mile back home. How many miles did she walk in all? | 7/8mile | 23. 23. Alex skateboarded 2 1/3 miles. Carla skateboarded 4 1/5 miles. How much farther did Carla board than Alex? | 1 13/15 miles | 24. 24. If a dog eats 1/4 pound of food each day, how many days will it take the dog to eat a 5 pound bag of food? | 20 days | 25. 25. Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 2/3cm and width of 1/4cm | 1/6 sq.cm. | 26. 26. What is the least common denominator for 1/6 and 3/8? | 24 | 27. 27. John has 1/2 of a yard of rope. He wants to cut it into 4 equal pieces. How long will each piece be? | 1/8 yd. | 28. 28. Which improper fraction represents 3 3/4? | 15/4 | 29. 29. What is the lowest common multiple of 8 and 12? | 24 | 30. 30. Each bag of potatoes weighs 5 3/4 pounds. How many pounds would 2 1/2 bags of potatoes weigh? | 14 3/8 lb. | 31. 31. What is the volume of a rectangular prism measuring 7ydx4ydx8yd? | 224 cu.yd. | 32. 32. Emma's cube has an edge that measures 3 cm. Ryan's cube has an edge that measures 4 cm. If Emma's cube was stacked on top of Ryan's cube, what would be the total volume of the combined solid? | 91cu. cm. | 33. 33. If 1 moose weighs 1,500 pounds, how many tons do 3 moose weigh? | 2.25T | 34. 34. What is the definition of a rhombus? | A parallelogram with all sides equal in length | 35. 35. A recipe for 3 servings calls for 2 grams of saffron. How many milligrams of saffron are needed for 6 servings? | 4,000mg | 36. 36. After moving 5 units up, 3 units right, and 4 units down, the ending position is (9,6). What was the starting position? | (6,5) | 37. 37. A bicycle trail is 7 miles and 880 yards long. How many total yards is the bicycle trail? | 13,200 yds. | 38. 38. What quadrilateral has 1 pair of parallel sides? | trapezoid | 39. 39. Francine uses 20 liters of water to care for her lawn every week. How many milliliters does she use in two weeks? | 40,000mL | 40. 40. The tail of a Boeing 747 is 63 feet 8 inches tall. How many inches tall is the tail? | 764 inches | 41. 41. Jackson has a pail with a capacity of 96 fluid ounces. How many pints will the pail hold? | 6 pints | 42. 42. Mia decides to paint one wall in her room with blackboard paint. The wall has the dimensions of 10ft x 13 ft. A can of paint covers 25 sq. feet. How many cans of blackboard paint does Mia need? | 5.2, so Mia needs 6 cans of paint |
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