7th Grade Halloween Activity : Halloween Math Mystery -Tricking Treat

This fun Halloween math mystery activity "Case of The Tricking Treat" is Common Core aligned for GRADE 7. Engage and motivate your students during math time with this fun Halloween detective story. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Distance Learning Option: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive. Parts of the pages are editable so that your students can complete without having to print the pages. Please note, you will need to make a copy of the Google Slides to your drive before you can edit.

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Bonus: Ending video added to wrap up the case.

Students must use their math skills to eliminate suspects so they can find out who has been giving out the tricking treat to children this Halloween!

There are 5 clues to crack to solve the mystery:

Clue 1: Adding & Subtracting Integers

Clue 2: Percents of Numbers

Clue 3: Multiplying Decimals (whole, tenths, hundredths)

Clue 4: Multiplying Mixed Numbers and Fractions

Clue 5:Converting Fractions and Mixed Numbers to Decimals

Pack also includes a suspect declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide and awards.

Differentiation and Important Note about the other Grade Editions when the Mystery is the SAME Story Title:

The clues are the same in the other grades if the mystery story is the same. The math is what is different between the grade packs. I designed the mysteries this way to enable differentiating the task within your classroom (without your kids knowing that they might have an easier or harder version than their peers.) You can also 'clue swap' across grades (except for the 1st grade version) as long as the clue number is the same if you find that you'd prefer the math skill for a particular clue from a different grade edition. For example, swap clue 3 from the 4th grade edition with clue 3 in the 5th grade edition and it will still work the same (just the math will be different). I've added an alternative suspect list to the pack to change the mystery outcome, including two pre-made lists for you to swap out if you want a different mystery solution.

Great Halloween math activity.

See a list of all the Math Mysteries HERE

Mrs J.

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