
Order of Operations with Exponents Digital Escape Room
Math Activity · Grades 5–7
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Inside the case file
Lock the lesson and hand over a link. This animated, self-checking digital escape room turns order of operations with exponents and parentheses into a high-stakes space mission your students will race to finish.
No printing, no logins, no prep — just send the private link and let your crew work through every step in the right order.
Quick details
- Grade levels: 5–7
- Format: interactive, browser-based escape room
- Resource type: no-prep digital review game
- Skill focus: order of operations with exponents and parentheses (PEMDAS)
- Tech needed: any device with a web browser
The mission
Your crew is stranded on a space station with systems failing. To restore power and get home, they must evaluate each expression in the correct order — one mistake and the airlock stays locked.
How the escape room works
- Open the private link — no app, no login, no account.
- Solve each animated expression using the order of operations.
- 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
- Applying the order of operations (PEMDAS)
- Evaluating exponents
- Working with parentheses and grouping symbols
- Multi-step whole-number expressions
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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