Description
The town’s pumpkins have disappeared, and your 4th graders must use place value and rounding to solve the Great Pumpkin Heist! This pumpkin-themed escape room is a fun choice for Halloween math time or fall review. The activity focuses on pumpkins and does not specifically mention Halloween.
Choose the format that works best for your class. The digital version is a no-prep, self-checking Google Forms activity with no clues to hide. Students do not need email addresses or Google Classroom accounts. The printable version includes five black-and-white clue pages, a Case Closed page, and clear teacher directions for easy, low-prep implementation.
Place value and rounding skills students will practice
- Rounding numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand
- Comparing numbers written in standard, expanded, and word form
- Recognizing how a digit’s place value changes when a number is multiplied or divided by 10
- Identifying the value of a digit in a multi-digit number
- Solving rounding challenges
The skills support 4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.2, and 4.NBT.A.3.
What is included
- Quick-start guide
- Detailed teacher directions and tips
- Printable black-and-white escape room with five clues
- Printable Case Closed page
- Printable or projectable case file with a QR code
- URL for the Google Forms escape room
- Detailed answer key
- Optional success signs
- Optional link for creating your own copy of the form
Most students complete the challenge in under 45 minutes, though you may want to allow up to 60 minutes. Use it for Halloween math, fall review, place value practice, enrichment, centers, homeschool instruction, tutoring, or a collaborative classroom challenge.
All information needed is included, so students do not have to search the web. If you plan to use the digital version, please confirm that your school or district allows Google Forms.
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