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Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!
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Do your students get excited when you tell them it's time to study measures of variability? Of course they don't.

But they will if you use this fun, Safe Cracker worksheet!

Students can become world famous safe crackers! Your students will use the clues and their math skills to help crack the safes, in order to claim the prizes found inside.

Students are given three "clues", which involve measures of variability (range, quartiles, and interquartile range). The answers become the numbers in the safe combinations. When the three clues are solved, the safe is cracked! There are a total of 15 problems, but they are grouped into 5 "combinations", so your students will look at this as a 5 question assignment.

The rewards include: an autographed basketball, cruise tickets, emeralds, and more!

You can grab this box plot activity plus 5 more as part of the Box Plot Bundle! You save 50% by grabbing them all at once :)

Check out the Variability and Data Distributions Quiz Pack for quick, standard-aligned assessments on this topic. Enjoy!

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Safe Cracker - Variability, Range, Interquartile Range - Math Fun!

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Description

Do your students get excited when you tell them it's time to study measures of variability? Of course they don't.

But they will if you use this fun, Safe Cracker worksheet!

Students can become world famous safe crackers! Your students will use the clues and their math skills to help crack the safes, in order to claim the prizes found inside.

Students are given three "clues", which involve measures of variability (range, quartiles, and interquartile range). The answers become the numbers in the safe combinations. When the three clues are solved, the safe is cracked! There are a total of 15 problems, but they are grouped into 5 "combinations", so your students will look at this as a 5 question assignment.

The rewards include: an autographed basketball, cruise tickets, emeralds, and more!

You can grab this box plot activity plus 5 more as part of the Box Plot Bundle! You save 50% by grabbing them all at once :)

Check out the Variability and Data Distributions Quiz Pack for quick, standard-aligned assessments on this topic. Enjoy!

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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Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2025
Quick and easy activity to help review these skills!
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Rated 5 out of 5
June 17, 2023
I assigned this to my students for additional practice. They enjoyed working in this format.
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Rated 5 out of 5
April 20, 2022
Fun to review! Good for sub work as well
Taylor L.
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Rated 5 out of 5
May 28, 2020
Good activity to keep students interested while practicing a skill
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April 7, 2020
My students really enjoyed this activity! They were able to complete it independently and the self-checking aspect was excellent!
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Rated 5 out of 5
February 1, 2020
Great Resource!
Barbara Glenesk
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Rated 5 out of 5
October 2, 2019
Great resource and easy to use!
Kathryn P.
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September 3, 2019
I love it!
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.
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