Updated: 07 Jun 2023
A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Pages: 2 Pages
Years: 5 - 6
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A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
This teaching resource can be used as an engaging warm-up activity or task for fast finishers.
Use it as a stimulus for the whole class or distribute it to individual students.
Students read the statements made by the characters and the Cold Hard Facts at the bottom of the page.
They use logic and reasoning to eliminate ‘red herring’ characters and mathematical knowledge to determine the winner of the race.
Solve problems involving division by a one digit number, including those that result in a remainder
Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving all four operations with whole numbers
Solve problems involving division, choosing efficient strategies and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret any remainder according to the context and express results as a whole number, decimal or fraction
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems, involving rational numbers and percentages, including in financial contexts; formulate the problems, choosing operations and efficient calculation strategies, and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in te
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The answer is wrong? Shouldn't it be the flower?
Hi Jessica, SPOILER ALERT! Even though the flower usually can finish a 500 m race in two minutes, which is true, they didn't actually finish the race because they went off with another character for milkshakes! Alas, if the flower did not finish the race, they could not have been the winner. Must have been a good milkshake!
Wow! You never seize to amaze me. These Mini-Mysteries are looking great. I am looking forward to using these as a fast finisher activity, a fun quiet activity or even small "solve the mystery"-group with my students. Thank you.
Thanks once again, Zuriette! The team always appreciates hearing such positive feedback!