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.
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1. Sam lived 5 1/4 miles from school, Larry lived 3 2/3 miles from school, and Janie lived 1/2 mile from school. If they combined their distances their homes were from school, how many miles would that be? | 9and5/12 | 2. The class was having a contest to see who could read their AR books the fastest. Emma read her book in 2 3/4 days but it took Luke 5 days to read his book. How much faster did Emma read her book than Luke? | 2and1/4 | 3. Katie bought 10 pizzas for her birthday party. At the party her friends ate 4 2/3 pizzas and later in the evening her family ate 2 1/4 pizzas. How much pizza was remaining after everyone ate pizza? | 3and1/12 | 4. Tim and Angel are going on a trip. They planned for the trip to take no more than 10 hours. If they drove for 4 1/2 hours, stopped to eat for 3/4 of an hour, and then drove 4 1/3 hours, how long was their trip? Did they make their goal? | 9and7/12yes | 5. Jennifer had a part-time job babysitting. She baby-sat for 4 3/4 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, 2 1/4 hours on Wednesday, and 5 2/3 hours on Friday. How many total hours did Jennifer babysit? | 12and1/6 | 6. Liam was making cookies with his sister. The cookie recipe called for 3 1/2 cups of flour. If Liam had 2 3/4 cups of flour in his cabinet, how much more flour did he need for his recipe? | 3/4 | 7. Josh was helping his dad build a deck. One side of the deck needed a ten and one-half feet of wood and another side needed seven and two-thirds feet of wood. What is the minimum amount of wood Josh and his dad need to complete this part of the deck project? | 18and1/6 | 8. Ben was making birdhouses. He had a 4 foot section of wood. He cut off a 2 1/4 feet to use for the roof and he used 1/2 foot for the door. How much of the wood remained? | 1and1/4 | 9. Karen and her friends Kacey and Jenna completed a total of 8 hours of homework last week. If Kacey completed 3 4/5 hours and Karen completed 2 2/3 hours, how long did Jenna spend on homework last week? | 3/5 |
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