Reverse Percentage Problems Murder Mystery | Engaging Maths Lesson

Bring percentages to life with this exciting Reverse Percentages Murder Mystery! Students must use their maths skills to solve clues, eliminate suspects, identify the location, and uncover the day of the crime—making revision fun, engaging, and perfect for Functional Skills, GCSE Foundation, and KS3 learners.

Students work through a series of reverse percentage problems to deduce who committed the crime, where it happened, and when—making maths meaningful, memorable, and fun.

This activity blends critical thinking with essential percentage skills, ideal for whole-class lessons, group work, pair tasks, or independent challenges. Suitable for KS3 Maths, GCSE Foundation, and Functional Skills Maths L1/L2, this activity makes a fantastic starter, plenary, revision task, or end-of-topic challenge.

What’s Included:
✔ A full murder mystery activity packed with reverse percentage clues
✔ Superhero suspect cards with percentage profit/loss problems
✔ Location clues using original price calculations
✔ Day-of-the-week clues requiring accuracy and reasoning
✔ A final accusation section for students to record their solution
✔ Complete answer key included for easy marking

Skills Covered:
• Reverse percentage calculations
• Percentage profit and loss
• Using multipliers
• Problem solving and logical reasoning
• Interpreting worded maths scenarios

Why Teachers Love It:
★Highly engaging and fun
★Encourages deep thinking and accuracy
★Great for mixed-ability groups
★ Builds confidence with tricky percentage problems
★Perfect for revisiting key skills in an interactive way

A brilliant way to make percentages exciting and accessible—your students won’t even realise they’re revising!