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. One bag of sweets has 35 sweets in it, the other 42. How many sweets are there altogether? | 77 sweets | 2. I have 47 comics and I lend 34 to my friend. How many do I have left? | 13 comics | 3. I have 52 comics and I lend 26 to my friend. How many do I have left? | 26 comics | 4. I save 39p one week and 24p the next week. How much money have I saved in total? | 63p | 5. On a school trip 72 people visit a museum. There are 53 children and 7 teachers, the rest are parents. How many parents are there? | 12 parents | 6. In a week John saves £1.75, on Monday he has 55p on Wednesday 75p. How much does he save the rest of the week? | 45p | 7. Manchester United have won 20 league titles. Manchester City have won 4. How many more have Manchester United won than Manchester City? | 16 | 8. At a recent clean up of the playground. 3 children collected 96 pieces of rubbish. Louis collects 34 pieces, Oliver 26 so how many has Charlie collected? | 36 pieces | 9. Zahra has 123 comics she lends 46 to Kristjana and 56 to Alice, how many does she have left? | 21 comics | 10. Sam buys a 3 cakes. Cakes cost 40p. How much does he spend in total? | £1.20 | 11. Philip buy a scarf for £5.99. How much change does he recieve from a £10 note? | £3.99 | 12. Sarah buys 2 bottles of juice for £1.50 each. How much change does she recieve from a £5 note? | £2 | 13. Katie buy 10 tickets for the fair. The tickets cost £1.20 each. How much does she spend? | £12.00 | 14. 6 children split the cost of a pizza. The pizza costs £12.00. How much do they pay each? | £2.00 |
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