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. Bridget has 8 pieces of gum. Kevin has 8 times as many pieces of gum as Bridget. How many pieces of gum does Kevin has? | 64 | 2. Clayton has 50 gumballs. He gave 17 to Scotti. Then he gave 12 to Taylor. Kevin then gave 20 gumballs back to Kevin. How many gumballs does Clayton have now? | 41 | 3. Addison had 5 pieces of candy. Shelby had 5 times as many pieces of candy as Addison has. How many pieces of candy does Shelby have? | 25 | 4. Alyssa made some extra money babysitting. She makes 50 dollars an hour. She babysat 2 babies for 2 hours and 4 babies for 4 hours. How much money did she earn? | $600 | 5. Mrs. Belcher has 50 coats and 5 boxes. She needs to fit the coats into the boxes. How many coats will go into each box? | 10 | 6. What is the sum of 1,457 and 5,781 rounded to the nearest tens place? | 7,240 | 7. Ian goes to the store and buys a t-shirt that cost $5.99. He pays with one dollar bill, 5 nickels, 4 quarters, and 10 dimes. Does he have enough money? Explain. | no$5.09 | 8. Riley's mom gave her $120. She sent to the store and spent $29.45 on shoes, and $72.98 on an outfit. How much money does she have left? | 17.57 | 9. Chris bought 3 packs of bubblegum. His friend gave Chris 15 more packs. Chris wanted to share his gum with his two friends and himself. Chris used a multiplication problem to help him divide the packs evenly. How many packs did each person get and what was the multiplication problem Chris used? | 6, 6x3=18 | 10. Lui bought 7 boxes of graham crackers. Each box of graham of graham crackers contained 7 packs. How many packs of graham crackers does Lui have altogether? | 49 | 11. Joanna has $100 when she enters Wal-mart. She buys an Ever After high doll for $26.36. She buys an Ever After high house for $46.59. If she pays with a one hundred dollar bill, how much change will she receive? | 27.05 | 12. Daniel has 96 books. He divides them into 8 different groups. How many books does he have in each group? | 12 | 13. Mrs. Black bought 8 boxes of cat food. Each box contained 9 can of food. How many cans of cat food did Mrs. Black buy in all? | 72 | 14. Grace was baking pies. She needs 3 cups of sugar for one pie. If she is going to make 9 pies, how many cups of sugar will she need? | 27 |
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