QR Challenge: Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!
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. Imagine a number line. What number is halfway between 11 and 19? | 15
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2. 23 children are coming to Jack’s party. Each child will get 1 ice cream. There are 10 ice creams in a box. How many boxes does Jack need to buy? | 3
| 3. What is the next number in this sequence? 13, 23, 33, 43 … | 53
| 4. When I doubled a number, the answer was 16. Which number did I double? | 8
| 5. If I have three pots with four pencils in each pot, how many pencils do I have altogether? | 12
| 6. How many days are there in two weeks? | 14
| 7. Write the number which is eleven less than seventy. | 59
| 8. Kim multiplied two numbers together. Her answer was twenty. What two numbers could she have multiplied together? | 5 and 4 or 2 and 10
| 9. Ben arrives at the park at ten o’clock. He leaves at a quarter to 11 o’clock. How many minutes does he spend at the park? | 45 minutes
| 10. There are fifty-four children on the bus. Nineteen get off. How many are left on the bus? | 35
| 11. At the shop, all packets of sweets cost the same. Heidi buys 2 packets. She pays 40 pence. How much does one packet cost? | 20p
| 12. What would you use to measure how much water my cup holds in: millimetres, millilitres, grams or centimetres? | millilitres
| 13. What number must I subtract from 34 to get an answer of 25? | 9
| 14. Imagine a cube. Four faces are red, the rest are blue. How many faces are blue? | 2
| 15. How many grams equal two kilograms? | 2000g |
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Imagine_a_number_line._What_number_is_halfway_between_11_and_19?
Question 1 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=23_children_are_coming_to_Jack’s_party._Each_child_will_get_1_ice_cream._There_are_10_ice_creams_in_a_box._How_many_boxes_does_Jack_need_to_buy?
Question 2 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_next_number_in_this_sequence?_13,_23,_33,_43_…
Question 3 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_I_doubled_a_number,_the_answer_was_16._Which_number_did_I_double?
Question 4 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_I_have_three_pots_with_four_pencils_in_each_pot,_how_many_pencils_do_I_have_altogether?
Question 5 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_days_are_there_in_two_weeks?
Question 6 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_the_number_which_is_eleven_less_than_seventy.
Question 7 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Kim_multiplied_two_numbers_together._Her_answer_was_twenty._What_two_numbers_could_she_have_multiplied_together?
Question 8 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ben_arrives_at_the_park_at_ten_o’clock._He_leaves_at_a_quarter_to_11_o’clock._How_many_minutes_does_he_spend_at_the_park?
Question 9 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_are_fifty-four_children_on_the_bus._Nineteen_get_off._How_many_are_left_on_the_bus?
Question 10 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=At_the_shop,_all_packets_of_sweets_cost_the_same._Heidi_buys_2_packets._She_pays_40_pence._How_much_does_one_packet_cost?
Question 11 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_would_you_use_to_measure_how_much_water_my_cup_holds_in:_millimetres,_millilitres,_grams_or_centimetres?
Question 12 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_number_must_I_subtract_from_34_to_get_an_answer_of_25?
Question 13 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Imagine_a_cube._Four_faces_are_red,_the_rest_are_blue._How_many_faces_are_blue?
Question 14 (of 15)
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_grams_equal_two_kilograms?
Question 15 (of 15)