Happy St. Patrick's Day! Are you working on complex proportions with your student(s)? If so, here is an engaging activity that your 6th, 7th or 8th grade math students can do to get some practice with such problems. For this escape room, the students must use their knowledge of these problems in order to figure out each puzzle.

How it is used:

- Read the prompt

- For this escape room, the students must use their knowledge of these problems in order to figure out each puzzle.

- There are 3 levels.

- Each level has a different puzzle

- After each level, check the students' answers and make sure they are correct before they proceed to the next level

- After the 3rd level is complete and the answers are checked the activity is finished

Included:

- Prompt page

- 3 puzzles

- 3 answer keys

- Terms of use

- Credits

Ways to use this resource:

- Math centers

- Test prep

- Whole-class activity

- Homework

Benefits of this resource:

- Engages students

- Opportunity for collaboration

- Plenty of practice with the mathematical concept

- Easy to set up (SAVES TIME)

EASEL ACTIVITY (PLEASE READ)

When assigning this on EASEL, the students will not see the answer key when working on EASEL. You must print out the answer key from the pdf so that the students can come to you to make sure they got their answers correct.

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