Library Jam: Decimals Escape Room – GCSE Maths

Printable maths escape room for GCSE Foundation: teams race to open locks on ordering decimals, angles on a line and money. 6 sets, worked answers.

The library belongs to Mrs Barb Phile, known to every student as Bibby. She calls the books her babies, and she means it. Today the ancient returns machine has jammed with your whole class’s books inside it, and at half past three the system emails every parent about a lost book and a fine. Bibby will not overturn a fine.

Teams open three locks (ordering decimals, angles on a straight line, pence to pounds), then crack a final padlock: combine their three answers using + − × ÷ to hit a target number. No calculator: every fine is a multiple of 5p, so the arithmetic stays mental.

In the pack (36 pages, A4, prints in black and white):
• 6 lettered sets (A–F), each with different numbers, so the team next to you can’t copy
• Teacher run sheet and read-aloud scripts
• Score sheet: tick each lock as it opens and record wrong answers and hints. You set the time penalties.
• Answer key with every answer worked through, plus the common wrong answers to look out for
• Hint cards and a winners’ certificate

About 15 minutes of maths. Works with a cover teacher: everything you need is in the pack.

The online version of this room is free on MaffsGames, if you’d rather play it on screens.