QR Challenge: Scavenger Hunt Math Problems
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. Luke had 12 pencils, but gave away 5 to his best friends. How many pencils does Luke have now? | 7
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2. What is 10 + 10? | 20
| 3. Which number comes next? 14, 15, 16, 17, ____ | 18
| 4. John gave 4 slices of pizza to his friend Anna and ate 5. There are no more slices slices left. How many slices did the pizza have? | 9
| 5. How many cents are there in a quarter? | 25 cents
| 6. What is 16 – 4? | 12
| 7. What is 21 rounded to the nearest 10? | 20
| 8. How many sides does a triangle have? | 3
| 9. What is 4 + 4? | 8
| 10. What is 20 – 1? | 19
| 11. When counting backwards, what number comes next? 9, 8, 7, ____ | 6
| 12. Put these numbers in order from lowest to greatest: 75, 100, 8 | 8,75,100
| 13. What is 40+40? | 80
| 14. What is 10 divided by 2? | 5
| 15. How many vertices does a pentagon have? | 5
| 16. How many sides does a square have? | 4
| 17. How many sides does a STOP sign have? | 8 |
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Luke_had_12_pencils,_but_gave_away_5_to_his_best_friends._How_many_pencils_does_Luke_have_now?
Question 1 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_10_+_10?
Question 2 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_number_comes_next?_14,_15,_16,_17,_____
Question 3 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=John_gave_4_slices_of_pizza_to_his_friend_Anna_and_ate_5._There_are_no_more_slices_slices_left.__How_many_slices_did_the_pizza_have?
Question 4 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_cents_are_there_in_a_quarter?
Question 5 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_16_–_4?
Question 6 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_21_rounded_to_the_nearest_10?
Question 7 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_sides_does_a_triangle_have?
Question 8 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_4_+_4?
Question 9 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_20_–_1?
Question 10 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_counting_backwards,_what_number_comes_next?_9,_8,_7,_____
Question 11 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Put_these_numbers_in_order_from_lowest_to_greatest:_75,_100,_8
Question 12 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_40+40?
Question 13 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_10_divided_by_2?
Question 14 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_vertices_does_a_pentagon_have?
Question 15 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_sides_does_a_square_have?
Question 16 (of 17)
Scavenger Hunt Math Problems: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_sides_does_a_STOP_sign_have?
Question 17 (of 17)