Factors & Multiples, Prime & Composite Numbers Task Cards Escape Room Style

Finding factors and multiples, and prime and composite numbers becomes an engaging challenge for your 4th grade class with Mini Math Missions task cards! These math games and challenges are more than traditional place value task cards. Each card is like a single puzzle escape room or brain teaser, requiring students to think outside of the box. Based on fourth grade math standard 4.OA.B.4, these creative spy-themed missions help students to encourage active learning.

Your students have been hired to work in the Mini Math Missions Department of the Mathematical Security Agency. Their job is to help field agents solve puzzles to assist them in their top secret missions. A wide variety of spy-themed challenges will have your students using their knowledge of factors and multiples to narrow down a list of suspects using deductive reasoning, solving logic puzzles and math mazes with prime numbers, figuring out who the double-agent is with error analysis, and much more.

These challenging task card missions are perfect for bellringer/warm-up activities, exit tickets, centers, early finishers, or for enrichment and test review. The more challenging missions are great for giving students the chance to collaborate to solve puzzles.

What is in the PDF?

• 24 half page task cards focusing on fourth grade math standard 4.OA.B.4
• Printable versions in color & black and white
• Link to digital Google Slides™ version (requires students to have Google Drive™)
• Printable "Training Manual" with a glossary of spy vocabulary and directions for decoding ciphers and codes
• "Top Secret" file folder decorations
• Letter from the head of the Mathematics Security Agency, M.S.A, welcoming students to their new role in the agency
• Answer key

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