Description
Your students have entered a haunted house, and their powers-of-10 skills will help them find the way out! This quick 5th grade digital escape room gives students focused practice with multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by powers of 10.
The activity runs in Google Forms, so it is no prep and self-checking. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups during a 15–30 minute review, math center, early-finisher activity, or Halloween lesson.
Math skills students will practice
- Multiplying whole numbers and decimals by powers of 10
- Dividing whole numbers and decimals by powers of 10
- Expressing powers of 10 with exponents
- Finding a missing exponent in a powers-of-10 equation
- Using place-value patterns to explain how digits change value
- Solving coded clues and short puzzles carefully
How the digital escape room works
Students follow the haunted-house storyline and enter answers in Google Forms. Correct responses allow them to continue, giving students immediate feedback without requiring the teacher to distribute clues. Students do not need Gmail accounts, and they do not need to search the web. Your school or district must allow access to Google Forms.
What is included
- Quick-start directions
- Link to the digital escape room
- Optional instructions for making your own copy of the Google Form
- Answer key
- Teacher tips
- Optional student recording page
- Success signs
This activity can be used in person, virtually, or in a hybrid classroom. It is a practical choice when you want meaningful powers-of-10 practice without a lengthy setup.
This resource is purchased through Teachers Pay Teachers. Use the Buy on TpT button above to view the complete listing and purchase options.
