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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Mr. Jones purchased two pair of shoes. One pair was $59.99 with 25% off and one pair was $62.49 with 15% off. Tax on his entire purchase was $8.25%. What was his total bill? (Round each transaction to the nearest cent.) | $106.20 | 2. Sally wanted to buy ice cream cones for herself and six friends. The ice cream was $1.59 per cone with 7% tax. Sally only has ten dollars. Does she have enough money? If so, how much change will she get? If not, how much more does she need? | No, she needs $1.91 more. | 3. Animals at the pet shop are on sale for 15% off. Susan wants to buy a poodle that is $329. Tax is 8.75%. How much will her new pet cost her? | $304.12 | 4. Georgie takes out a loan to pay for college classes. His loan is $5,000 for 2 years at 6.25% interest. What will his interest payment be after two years? | $625.00 | 5. Rudolph borrows $3000 for 18 months and ends up paying $202.50 in interest. What was his interest rate? | 4.5% | 6. Arthur works at a used car lot. Last month he sold three cars. One car was $4,500; one was $3,250; and one was $6,750. If Arthur make 3.25% commission on sales, what was his paycheck last month? | $471.25 | 7. Bernadette is a realtor. She sold a new house for $240,000 at a commission rate of 6%, and a used house for $125,000 at a commission rate of 4.25%. What was her commission check for these two sales? | $19,712.50 | 8. Arnold and his friends went out to dinner. The bill for each person was $7.95 since it was buffet night. If the total bill for the group was $51.52, and the tax rate was 8%. How many people were in the group? | 6 | 9. Cassie bought a new wardrobe for the start of school. She bought two pair of jeans for $24.99 each with 15% off at a tax rate of 7.5%. She bought three shirts for $19.99 each with $25% off at a tax rate of 8%. She bought new shoes (one pair) for $74.95 with 30% off at a tax rate of 7%. What did her new wardrobe cost her? (Round each step to the nearest cent) | $150.39 | 10. Luke is borrowing $10,000 for a trip to Spain. He borrows the money for 9 months. If his interest rate is 9.25%, how much was his interest? | $693.75 |
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