Description
4th Grade division skills become fun and engaging with this dividing 3 & 4 digit numbers by 1 digit divisors task cards & escape room bundle. These standards based activities make great division worksheet alternatives and encourage active learning and collaboration.
Escape Room Details
This fourth grade math long division activity will keep kids engaged as they practice and review dividing whole numbers with three or four digits by single-digit divisors. Students race on their mission to find the referee by solving a variety of puzzles requiring division skills. Challenging puzzles require students to divide by a single-digit to receive a clue, and word problems are used to find a locker combination. Best of all, this activity has no-prep, is fully automated, and self-checking! The online breakout is automated by a Google Form™, and can be completed by anyone with an internet connected device (Google™ accounts are NOT required).
Math Skills Addressed: 4.NBT.B.6
- Division vocabulary including the terms dividend, divisor, and quotient
- Dividing by 1-digit divisors with dividends up to 4-digits
- Long division word problems
- All problems have whole number answers (no remainders)
- The escape room does not require a specific strategy to be used, but suggests strategies such as using area models, place value knowledge, and more.
Included in the PDF
- Quickstart guide
- Link to Google Forms™ escape room
- Optional link to save a copy of the form to your own Google Drive™
- Answer Key
- Teacher Tips
- Optional Success Signs
FAQ
Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout. The escape room is automated by a Google Form™, but does not require the teacher or students to have Google™ accounts.
How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the challenge very quickly (20-30 minutes), others will take longer. The majority of students will take about 45-60 minutes. Requiring students to use the recording form will increase the amount of time required to complete the puzzles. The form will not save student data, so if you are worried about your students not finishing on time, simply have them write their answers on scratch paper. They can then come back and quickly re-enter their answers and pick up where they left off.
Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Google Form™. The math in this activity is all standards-based.
Can this be used for distance learning? Yes! Digital escape rooms are perfect for in-person, virtual, or hybrid models!
Digital escape rooms provide engaging skills practice, a fun review for test prep, or a quick plan for a sub. This activity encourages student engagement and cooperative learning.
Mini Math Missions Task Card Details
Dividing 3 & 4 digit numbers by a single digit becomes fun and engaging with these 4th grade math escape room style task cards. These division worksheet alternatives encourage active learning and get students thinking outside of the box as they use their skills to divide and save the day as they complete each of the 24 unique math missions. These task cards are great to spread out throughout the year to keep concepts fresh in students’ minds.
Your students have been hired to work in the Mini Math Missions Department of the Mathematical Security Agency. Their job is to help field agents solve puzzles to assist them in their top secret missions. A wide variety of spy-themed challenges will have your students using their knowledge of dividing 3 and 4 digit numbers by 1 digit in order to open a safe, find a door code, or eliminate suspects using deductive reasoning. They’ll need to interpret remainders, solve word problems, and much more; but they will have fun while doing it!
These challenging task card missions are perfect for bellringer/warm-up activities, exit tickets, centers, early finishers, or for enrichment and test review. The more challenging missions are great for giving students the chance to collaborate to solve puzzles. Keeping students engaged is also easy as each task card includes a unique mission. These math missions provide a balance of fun and rigor.
What math skills are used?
- Dividing 3 & 4 digit numbers by a single digit divisor.
- Whole number quotients and remainders
- Dividing using an area model (one puzzle only)
- Dividing using the distributive property (two puzzles)
- Solving division word problems
- Understanding the relationship between multiplication and division
- Discovering and recognizing patterns in division
- Error analysis
- Deductive reasoning
What is in the PDF?
- 24 half page task cards focusing on fourth grade math standard 4.NBT.B.6
- Printable versions in color & black and white
- Link to digital Google Slides™ version (requires students to have Google Drive™)
- Printable “Training Manual” with a glossary of spy vocabulary and directions for decoding ciphers and codes
- “Top Secret” file folder decorations
- Letter from the head of the Mathematics Security Agency, M.S.A, welcoming students to their new role in the agency
- Answer key
