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Want an activity to make adding and subtracting integers more fun? In this NO PREP puzzle set, students add and subtract integers in 5 activities to solve the mystery of Pete's Pet. You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. This set of five puzzles is designed to be used over a five-day time period. By completing the puzzles, students will find clues which will lead them to discover everything they need to know about Pete’s missing pet. Puzzles include a

Looking for an activity that makes solving multi-step equations FUN? In this CUSTOMIZALBE activity, students solve multistep equations to solve a mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. UPDATED TO INCLUDE TWO VERSIONS: This activity now includes two versions of the mystery. The original version does not require distributing and second version with distributing. (The distributing option is not yet available as a digital activity -- only print.

Fun with systems of equations! In this activity you’ll solve systems of linear equations by substitution, elimination and graphing to solve a mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. You can customize the suspects, items and locations in this activity! Please note that with this update, the file may not function correctly in all PDF Readers. Please use Acrobat Reader to ensure best functionality. This kit offers three ways to use this activity.

Factoring quadratic polynomials is fun with this mystery activity! In this activity you’ll solve quadratic polynomial equations with a=1 by factoring to solve a mystery. You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. This activity only includes equations where a = 1. You may also be interested in Factoring when a≠1 or Factoring when a is any number, depending on the level of your class.This kit offers three ways to use this activity. Use as a Scavenger Hunt:

In this activity students practice writing or translating algebraic expressions from words into "math" to solve a mystery! They use the clues they gather from correctly writing algebraic expressions to crack the case! This item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can customize: The title of your mystery -- If you don't want to use the game model where the students investigate a murder, you can now change the setting to be anything you would like! Ideas that other teachers have use

Looking for a fun activity that helps students practice graphing equations in slope-intercept form? You've found it! In this activity, students graph slope-intercept equations to solve a mystery! This is part 2 in a mystery sequence, but you can use this as a stand-along activity as well! Expert detective, Ray Radicand, followed his suspect, Mr. M. and saw him enter a pawn shop. Unfortunately the unorganized employee lost track of what each person pawned. Students will graph each linear equatio

How to make multiplying and dividing fractions FUN? Use this activity! In this activity, students multiply and divide fractions to solve a mystery! Get clues by multiplying and dividing fractions and solve the case! In this activity, the suspects, weapons and locations are all editable, so you can use your own entries for each of these categories. The title of the activity is also customizable so you can create your own mystery! This kit offers three ways to use this activity. Use as a Scaven

Make multiplying and dividing integers more fun with this engaging activity! In this activity students multiply and divide integers to solve the mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. In this activity, students will solve 20 multiplication and division problems. Each answer is associated with a suspect, weapon, or location. Each answer eliminates one of these options. When they are finished, they will have one suspect, one weapon, and one loca

Make factoring quadratics more fun with this engaging activity! In this activity students factor quadratics by factoring when a≠1 to solve the mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. This activity includes 20 equations where a≠ 1. You may be interested in Factoring when a=1 or Factoring when a is any number depending on the level of your class.This item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Now you can customize the title, suspects, weapons

Want a fun activity with order of operations? In this activity students use order of operations to solve the mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. This item is editable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Now you can customize the suspects, items and locations! *The individual questions are NOT editable.* Please note that with this update, the file may not function correctly in all PDF Readers. Please use Acrobat Reader to ensure best functionality.

Engage students in a fun mystery-solving math activity with simplifying radicals! In this activity, you will simplify square roots to decipher clues and solve the case. Students will simplify each radical to its simplest form. Then they will look at the word bank on the right of the page to find their answer. Students will write the word that is associated with their correct answer on the answer blank. When they have finished all 17 questions and filled in all the blanks, students should re

Make using the slope formula more fun with this engaging activity! In this activity students use the slope formula to solve the mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. This item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Using Adobe Acrobat, you can customize: The title of your mystery -- If you don't want to use the game model where the students investigate a murder, you can now change the setting to be anything you would like! Ideas that other

This is a set of math puzzle activities in which students will solve the mystery of Dan's Delivery. Students will collect clues by completing various puzzles using their skills in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers. They will then use the process of elimination to solve the mystery. This set of five puzzles can be completed in any order. By completing the puzzles, students will find clues which will lead them to discover everything they need to know about Dan's mixed up de

Looking for an engaging activity on multi-step equations using distribution? In this easy-to-customize activity, students distribute in multistep equations to solve a mystery! You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case. The print item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Using Adobe Acrobat, you can customize: The title of your mystery -- If you don't want to use the game model where the students investigate a murder, you can change the setting to be a

In this fun activity, students solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula and use their answers to decode a message. The activity includes 15 equations to solve using the quadratic formula. Students will calculate the solution to each quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula. They will use their answers to decode the hidden message at the bottom of the page. When they have finished all 15 questions and filled in all the blanks, students will know what was in the locked Brief

Need a fresh activity for slope-intercept or point-slope forms? In this CUSTOMIZABLE activity, students write equations in slope-intercept or point-slope form when given a point & slope or 2 points. You'll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case of The Stolen Jewelry. The Scavenger Hunt and the Individual Activity include answers written in both slope-intercept form as well as point-slope form. This resource also includes a SIMPLIFIED version which only uses t

Here's a fun activity where students practice the concept of slope as rise over run. In this activity, they'll use slope to graph lines that track a suspect's movements, counting the rise over run from point to point. Expert detective, Ray Radicand, is shadowing Mr. M. for the day. We know that Mr. M. started at his home. From there, students will use the clues Ray left in the form of linear equations to determine the places Mr. M. travelled. Students will identify the slope in the equation,

Looking for an activity solving proportions? In this fun activity you’ll solve proportions while solving a mystery! You’ll use the clues you gather from correctly solving proportion problems involving discounts, markups, sales tax and other percents to solve the mystery of Who Killed Mr. Prop. This item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Now you can change the title, suspects, weapons and locations! You can even change the "crime" in the title. Please note that the file may not function

Enjoy mastering fraction addition and subtraction with this 5-activity set. This engaging activity covers equivalent fractions, LCM, and adding and subtracting with both like and unlike denominators. Give your students the chance to practice all of the concepts relating to adding and subtracting fractions while they complete this fun mystery activity. Students will love completing FIVE unique puzzles and won’t even realize how much they are learning! Choose how you would like to use these activi

Unleash Your Inner Detective: Solve mysteries with slope equations in these engaging activities! In this bundle they’ll GRAPH and WRITE equations in slope-intercept and point-slope forms! ACTIVITY ONE: Shadowing Mr. MExpert detective, Ray Radicand, is shadowing Mr. M. for the day. We know that Mr. M. started at his home. From there, students will use the clues Ray left in the form of linear equations to determine the places Mr. M. travelled. Students will identify the slope in the equation, an