
Adding & Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Digital Escape Room
Math Activity · Grades 4–6
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Inside the case file
Lock the lesson and hand over a link. This animated, self-checking digital escape room turns adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators into a high-stakes spy mission your students will race to finish.
No printing, no logins, no prep — just send the private link and let your agents get to work finding common denominators.
Quick details
- Grade levels: 4–6
- Format: interactive, browser-based escape room
- Resource type: no-prep digital review game
- Skill focus: adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
- Tech needed: any device with a web browser
The mission
Your agents have infiltrated a secret facility and must move through a series of locked security doors. The only way past each one is to add or subtract the fractions correctly — one wrong answer and the lock holds.
How the escape room works
- Open the private link — no app, no login, no account.
- Solve each animated fraction challenge.
- A correct answer reveals the next code; wrong answers won't unlock the door.
- Crack the final code to complete the mission and escape.
What's included
- An interactive escape room hosted on a private site (animated, with randomized answers for replayability).
- No Boom Cards, Google Slides, logins, or subscriptions required.
- A PDF containing the private access link to share via Google Classroom, email, or any LMS.
Skills covered
- Finding common denominators
- Generating equivalent fractions
- Adding fractions with unlike denominators
- Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
- Simplifying answers
Best used for
Math centers, tech time, early finishers, sub plans, homeschool, test prep, end-of-unit review, and distance learning.
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