Calculating Budgets Math Escape Room Financial Literacy Activity

An engaging math escape room activity for calculating budget percentages. Students unlock 5 locks by answering 20 budget questions. Questions are grouped 4 per puzzle, resulting in five 4-letter codes that will unlock all 5 locks. All digital math escape rooms now include both self-checking digital and printable PDF versions.

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Questions include:

• calculate budgets for housing, food, transportation and savings,
• calculate net income and budgets,
• calculate budgets and determine if monthly spending is over or under budget.

The entire activity is housed in one GOOGLE Form. There are no links to outside websites. The 4-letter codes are set with answer validation so that students cannot move to the next puzzle until they enter the correct code. Includes answer key.

To add the digital escape room to your Google Drive: please open the PDF and click the button on page 3.

A printable PDF version has also been added to the file. Students can work in groups, each group starting at a different puzzle. Once done, students check the NEXT STEP box for which puzzle to visit next.