Description

✨ Who stole the candy? Help crack the case—one word problem at a time!

Turn your classroom into a crime-solving headquarters with this Word Problem Case Files activity! Your students become detectives as they work through 8 engaging multi-step word problems to uncover clues and ultimately solve the mystery of the missing candy bowl.

This unique math review is perfect for 3rd–5th grade students and includes printable posters to hang around the room for a movement-based, hands-on activity that promotes critical thinking and collaboration.

What’s Included:

8 “Case File” Word Problem Worksheets
Printable Word Problem Posters (perfect for a gallery walk or scavenger hunt)
Space to show work, identify key details, and build equations
Code-cracking element for added mystery and fun!
Mystery Answer Key

Skills Covered:

Multi-step word problems
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Problem-solving and reasoning
Equation writing and solution justification

Perfect For:

Math centers
Early finishers
Test prep and review
Small groups or whole-class activities
A fun math day or themed unit

Make math feel like an adventure and watch your students beg to solve just one more clue!

the answer is... it was (_ _ _).

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Math Mystery: Word Problem Case Files

Name: Math Mystery: Word Problem Case Files
Brand: Mrs. Satterfield's Classroom
SKU: 13905855
Price: 2.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Highlights

Digital downloads

PDF

Grades

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Applied Math, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep

Standards

CCSS4.MD.A.2

CCSS5.NBT.B.6

CCSS3.OA.A.3

Description

✨ Who stole the candy? Help crack the case—one word problem at a time!

What’s Included:

8 “Case File” Word Problem Worksheets
Printable Word Problem Posters (perfect for a gallery walk or scavenger hunt)
Space to show work, identify key details, and build equations
Code-cracking element for added mystery and fun!
Mystery Answer Key

Skills Covered:

Multi-step word problems
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Problem-solving and reasoning
Equation writing and solution justification

Perfect For:

Math centers
Early finishers
Test prep and review
Small groups or whole-class activities
A fun math day or themed unit

Make math feel like an adventure and watch your students beg to solve just one more clue!

the answer is... it was (_ _ _).

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS4.MD.A.2

Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

CCSS5.NBT.B.6

Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

CCSS3.OA.A.3

Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.