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.
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| 1. John and his three friends are going to equally share the 32 cookies from the cookie jar. Josh could first give everyone one cookie, and then give everyone a second cookie, and so on, until all of the cookies have been shared equally. Which expression is another way of finding the number of cookies each of the 4 friends will get? A. 4+32 B. 32-4 C. 4x32 D. 32/4 | answer 1 D | 2. Isabella cannot remember the product of 8x7. Which of the following is another expression that Isabella could use to find the project of 8x7. A. (8x5)+(8x3) B. (8x4)+(8x3) C. (8x1)+(8x2) D. (8x2)+(8x6) | answer 2 B | 3. Trina went to see a play. The play started at 8:15pm. She got to the play at 7:45pm. How long did she have to wait for the play to start? A. 20 minutes B. 1 hour C. 45 minutes D. 35 minutes | answer 3 C | 4. John was studying his division facts for a quiz. His mom asked him the division problem 48 divided by 6. John was having a difficult time thinking of the answer. His mom told him to think about multiplication. Which multiplication fact would help him solve this problem? A. 6x48=288 B. 4x12=48 C. 2x24=48 D. 6x8=48 | answer 4 D | 5. Ramon's art class was making a square quilt. One side of the quilt was 6 inches long. What is the perimeter of the quilt? A. 12 inches B. 18 inches C. 24 inches D. 36 inches | answer 5 C | 6. Ms. Tanaka is ordering calendars for the students at 4 elementary schools. Table #1 in your math packet shows the number of students at each of the schools. Which is the best estimate of the total number of calendars Ms. Tanaka needs to order for all 4 schools? A. 4,000 B. 5,000 C. 6,000 D. 7,000 | answer 6 C | 7. Brenna, Carlos, Faye, and Lamar found shells while they were at the beach. Table #2 in your math packet shows the number of shells each of them found. How many shells did Brenna, Carlos, and Fay find altogether? A. 20 B. 10 C. 9 D. 6 | answer 7 A | 8. Rosalyn drew three figures and shaded parts of each figure. Refer to picture #1 in your math packet to see Rosalyn's drawings. What mixed number is represented by the shading of her three drawings? A. 2 1/4 B. 2 3/4 C. 3 1/4 D. 3 1/2 | answer 8 A | 9. Jim needed to pick a uniform for his basketball team. He needed to choose a shirt color, pants color, and a team figure. Jim could pick an orange, red, or green shirt. A black, white, or yellow pants, and an eagle, tiger, or panther for the team figure. He is going to choose 1 of each. How many possible combinations can he choose from? A. 9 B. 18 C. 27 D.36 | answer 9 C | 10. What number would come next in the following pattern? 6, 8, 4, 6, 2, 4, 0, A. 6 B. 8 C. 7 D. 2 | answer 10 D | 11. Look at picture #2 in your math packet. Which shape is NOT a polygon A, B, C, or D? | answer 11 C | 12. Look at picture #3 in your math packet. What does the picture show an example of? A. rotation (turn) B. reflection (flip) C. translation (slide) D. symmetry | answer 12 B | 13. Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 1/2? A. 6/10 B. 10/5 C. 5/10 D. 4/10 | answer 13 C | 14. Twenty-six students were asked to name their favorite flavor of ice cream; 10 chose chocolate, 8 chose strawberry, and 8 chose vanilla. Which graph under graph #1 in your math packet shows this information; A, B, C, or D? | answer 14 D | 15. What is the rule for the following pattern: 100, 90, 80, 70? A. subtract 5 B. subtract 10 C. add 5 D. add 10 | answer 15 B | 16. Which of the following inequalities is correct? A. 4/1 < 2/1 B. 4/1 < 1/2 C. 1/4 < 1/2 D. 1/4> 1/2 | answer 16 C |
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