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New Years Activity: 6th Grade New Years Math Mystery

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I love using these math mysteries as review activities or fast finishers. My students get instant feedback by trying to find their answers to fill in the clues. Very engaging. The questions give students a lot of practice and they enjoy solving the mysteries.
My students love these math mysteries! It is amazing to see how hard they work because they want to solve the mystery. So much better than traditional worksheets! I have purchased many from this seller and have always been pleased!
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Description

This New Year's Math Mystery, the 'Case of the Millennium Bug' - 6th Grade Edition - will add an exciting twist to your math sessions. This activity will engage and motivate your students to get back into their math work after the holiday break!

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Optional video hook included for introducing the case! (Check it out in the preview section)

BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!.

Students must use their math skills to eliminate suspects to find out who the New Year Hacker is!

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Preparation

- No Prep required! Print the student pages, staple or place

them in a folder, and your students are set to go.

- Have the video hook ready for viewing at the start of the

lesson on an IWB, iPad, or computer monitor screen.

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Math Skills Required to Unlock Clues

There are five clues to crack to solve the mystery:

- CLUE 1: Percent Word Problems

- CLUE 2: Coordinates (4 Quadrants)

- CLUE 3: Ordering rational numbers (includes positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals)

- CLUE 4: Order of Operations

- CLUE 5: Exponents - Solve for the variable

Students must use critical thinking skills to figure out what the clue is telling them to eliminate from the list of elf suspects.

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Multiple Uses

- Suitable for independent, pairs, or group work.

- Use as part of your math centers, add to your sub tubs, make it part of your early finisher tasks, give for homework, or make it part of your classroom practice/review sessions.

I recommend pacing this activity by giving students one clue at a time. Once the whole class has completed a clue, then move on to the next clue, either within the same lesson or the next math session. New math content presented? Make a lesson out of it by modeling the math before diving into the clue. I like to say, "We must learn something new before attempting the next clue."

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How long will this activity take?

Time to complete will vary anywhere between 30mins - 2 hours or more! It mainly depends on how familiar your students are with the math mystery format and how difficult they find math skills covered in the particular mystery. Please check the math skills outlined in the clues above to help determine suitability for your class.

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Want different math skills?

The Case of the Millennium Bug is available in the other Grade editions listed below. Click to check out the math skills covered in each packet.

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 1)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 2)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 3)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 4)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 5)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 6)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 7)

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Add extra motivation with this Detective Rank Chart Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by signs, the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes.
Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than -30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars.
Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

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