Place Value, Rounding and Decimals Digital Escape Room 5th Grade Math Activity

Can your fifth graders use place value and rounding with decimals and decimal operations including adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals to the hundredths place to stop a mathematical criminal? This online breakout activity will challenge your students to use their knowledge of decimals in a creative way. The Decimal Deceiver is on the loose and the Mathematical Security Agency needs your 5th grade students' help to catch him! Anyone with an internet connection and device can complete this fun online math activity. This escape room style challenge is fully automated using a Google Form™. Teachers and students DO NOT need to have Google™ accounts in order to complete the tasks. The answer key provides hints to give students if they are stuck.

Teachers will have two options to choose from when assigning this escape room to students. Most of the puzzles are the same, however Option B offers one additional puzzle along with a more challenging final puzzle. This option is great for kids who need an extra challenge! This is perfect for differentiating, or to have a quicker option when time is short.

This online breakout has been updated to include instructions and tools for implementation for distance learning. This math activity can also be used by homeschoolers or for math tutoring sessions.

This escape room was specifically designed for fifth grade, but could be used by other grades.

To successfully complete the challenges, students need to be able to:

• Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left (5.NBT.A.1:) Example of clue type: The digit 2 in the code has a value that is 100 times greater than the digit 2 in 367.25
• Write a number in standard form that is written in expanded form (to the hundredths place).
• Multiply a number with decimals up to the hundredths place by a single digit. Example: $1.57 x 4
• Calculate change by subtracting numbers with decimals to the hundredths place.
• Multiply decimals by powers of ten. Example 5.23 x 10^4 (ten to the fourth power).
• Compare decimal numbers to the hundredths place using <, >, and = symbols.
• Round numbers that include decimals to the thousandths place.

What Teachers are Saying about this Place Value & Decimals Escape Room

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This resource was a highly motivating closure activity to our 5th grade place value unit. The Google Form version makes it a quick and easy activity for small groups or independent work!" - Carolyn M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students loved this digital escape room. They worked in groups of 3 and were very engaged. It required them to put to use all the decimal operation knowledge they had learned in our most recent math unit. GREAT RESOURCE! Highly recommend!" -MrsDeardurffsClass

FAQ

• Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout.
• How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Most students will be able to complete this activity in under 45 minutes. You can allow 60 minutes to be safe. 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. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the puzzles very quickly (20-30 minutes), others will take longer.
• 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? Absolutely! There are tools in the PDF to help you successfully implement this in a virtual learning setting. Because some of the puzzles in this escape room are challenging, I would recommend setting up Google Meets™ or Zoom™ groups for students to collaborate on solutions.

This activity can be done in small groups or individually. It can be used for review, a fun challenge, an extra activity for early finishers, or even as homework.

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