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. 1.Carlie bought 83 jigsaw puzzles. Each puzzle had 45 pieces. About how many puzzle pieces did Carlie get in all? | 4,000 | 2. 2.Jake bought 20 bags of candy. There were 86 pieces of candy in each bag. Approximately how many pieces of candy did Jake buy? | 1,800 | 3. 3.A cookie factory produced 93 packages of cookies. There were 24 cookies in each package. About how many cookies did the factory produce in all? | 1,800 | 4. 4.Each question on a game show is worth 68 points. There are 73 questions on each episode of the show. Approximately how many points are there in total on each episode? | 4,900 | 5. 5.A coffee shop ordered 81 boxes of sugar packets. Each box contained 95 packets of sugar. About how many sugar packets in total did the coffee shop order | ?8,000 | 6. 6.A construction company purchased 48 tons of marble. The price was $98 per ton. Approximately how much did they spend on marble? | 5,000 |
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