QR Challenge: Fun Math Word Problems

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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. Ally went to the grocery store. She bought 10 packs of cookies and 16 packs of noodles. How many packs of groceries did she buy in all?	10 + 16 = 26 She bought 26 packs of groceries.
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3. Amanda read 21 pages of her science book yesterday. Today, she read 16 pages. What is the total number of pages she read?2	21 + 16 = 37 She read 37 pages.2
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5. Meg has 13 goats. She brought 7 more. How many goats does she have now?3	13 + 7 = 20 Meg now has 20 goats.3
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7. Jack has 34 pieces of gum. Jenny has 28. How many pieces of gum do they have in all?4	34 + 28 = 62 They have 62 pieces of gum in all.4
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9. Elizabeth went to a pet shop. She bought 15 green fish and 7 blue fish. How many fish did she buy?5	15 + 7 = 22 She bought 22 fish.5
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11. Josh had 16 marbles. He gave 6 to Dylan. How many does he have left?6	16 – 6 = 10 Josh has 10 marbles left.6
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13. Mrs. Bowman has 9 horses. How many more horses does Mrs. Bowman need to have 36 cats?7	36 – 9 = 27 She needs 27 more cats.7
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15. Mrs. Cape made 78 heart cookies. She made 43 orange cookies and the rest are blue. How many blue cookies did she make?8	78 – 43 = 35 She made 35 blue cookies.8
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17. Allen had 36 ducks. He gave 9 of them to a friend. How many does he have left?9	36 – 9 = 27 He has 27 ducks left.9
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19. Case had some chips. He gave 12 chips to Will. Now Case only has 43 chips. How many chips did Case have to begin with?10	43 + 12 = 55 Case had 55 chips to begin with.10

Fun Math Word Problems: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ally_went_to_the_grocery_store._She_bought_10_packs_of_cookies_and_16_packs_of_noodles._How_many_packs_of_groceries_did_she_buy_in_all?

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