QR Challenge: Math word 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. 1.There are 180 days in a school year and you get 3 assignments a day how many total assignments do you get in 1 school year? |
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| | 3. 2. Mr. Morris likes to watch his favorite college team play football. There are 16 football games a season and each game last for about 3 hours. How many hours does Mr. Morris spend watching football for the whole season? |
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| | 5. 3.Jenny wants to buy this really cool car but it cost $4650 and she doesn’t have a job. The only job she can find will pay her $5.00 an hour and she can only work 20 hours a week. How many weeks will she need to work before she can buy the car? |
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| | 7. 4.Leonard wants to become a stuntman for the movies. He finds a great stuntman school online and he applies and gets accepted. The only problem is that the school is in California and Leonard doesn’t have a car or money for a plane ticket. It will cost him $2,000 to buy a car that gets 30 miles per gallon. The trip is 1200 miles and gas in $4.00 gallon. It is $2,500 for the plane ticket. Which choice would be cheaper for him? |
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| | 9. 5.Cindy wants to be a yoga instructor for a career. If she gets paid $25,000 a year will she be able to afford rent at $650 month, car payment of $200 month, and grocery bill of $500 a month and a utility bill of $250 a month? |
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| | 11. 6. There are 52 weeks in a year, and you work 40 hours a week how much do you need to make an hour to make $60,000 a year? |
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| | 13. 7. Mrs. Kasey has 23 students in her class. Mr. Curran has 19 in his class. How many more students does Mrs. Kasey have than Mr. Curran? |
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| | 15. 8. John wants to buy a new video game that costs $39.00. He has $14.00 saved. He works for the local car wash for $5.00 an hour. How many hours will he need to work before he can buy his new video game? |
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| | 17. 9.Jerry wants to buy his grandpa’s old motorcycle for $500.00. He works 10 hours a week at $7.50 an hour. How many weeks will he need to work before he earns enough money to buy the car? |
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| | 19. 10. If a bus driver gets paid $20,000 a year and he works 35 weeks a year how many weeks will it take him to earn $2000? | |
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.There_are_180_days_in_a_school_year_and_you_get_3_assignments_a_day_how_many_total_assignments_do_you_get_in_1_school_year?
Question 1 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 2 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2._Mr._Morris_likes_to_watch_his_favorite_college_team_play_football._There_are_16_football_games_a_season_and_each_game_last_for_about_3_hours._How_many_hours_does_Mr._Morris_spend_watching_football_for_the_whole_season?
Question 3 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 4 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3.Jenny_wants_to_buy_this_really_cool_car_but_it_cost_$4650_and_she_doesn’t_have_a_job.__The_only_job_she_can_find_will_pay_her_$5.00_an_hour_and_she_can_only_work_20_hours_a_week._How_many_weeks_will_she_need_to_work_before_she_can_buy_the_car?
Question 5 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 6 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4.Leonard_wants_to_become_a_stuntman_for_the_movies._He_finds_a_great_stuntman_school_online_and_he_applies_and_gets_accepted._The_only_problem_is_that_the_school_is_in_California_and_Leonard_doesn’t_have_a_car_or_money_for_a_plane_ticket._It_will_cost_him_$2,000_to_buy_a_car_that_gets_30_miles_per_gallon._The_trip_is_1200_miles_and_gas_in_$4.00_gallon._It_is_$2,500_for_the_plane_ticket._Which_choice_would_be_cheaper_for_him?
Question 7 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 8 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5.Cindy_wants_to_be_a_yoga_instructor_for_a_career._If_she_gets_paid_$25,000_a_year_will_she_be_able_to_afford_rent_at_$650_month,_car_payment_of_$200_month,_and_grocery_bill_of_$500_a_month_and_a_utility_bill_of_$250_a_month?
Question 9 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 10 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6._There_are_52_weeks_in_a_year,_and_you_work_40_hours_a_week_how_much_do_you_need_to_make_an_hour_to_make_$60,000_a_year?
Question 11 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 12 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7._Mrs._Kasey_has_23_students_in_her_class.__Mr._Curran_has_19_in_his_class.__How_many_more_students_does_Mrs._Kasey_have_than_Mr._Curran?
Question 13 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 14 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8._John_wants_to_buy_a_new_video_game_that_costs_$39.00._He_has_$14.00_saved.__He_works_for_the_local_car_wash_for_$5.00_an_hour._How_many_hours_will_he_need_to_work_before_he_can_buy_his_new_video_game?
Question 15 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 16 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9.Jerry_wants_to_buy_his_grandpa’s_old_motorcycle_for_$500.00._He_works_10_hours_a_week_at_$7.50_an_hour._How_many_weeks_will_he_need_to_work_before_he_earns_enough_money_to_buy_the_car?
Question 17 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 18 (of 19)
Math word problems : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10._If_a_bus_driver_gets_paid_$20,000_a_year_and_he_works_35_weeks_a_year_how_many_weeks_will_it_take_him_to_earn_$2000?
Question 19 (of 19)