Cave of the Tides – A Factors and Multiples Game 

Get ready for an exciting maths adventure with Cave of the Tides, a themed digital escape room designed to reinforce key concepts around factors and multiples. Perfect for upper years students, this factors and multiples game immerses learners in a crystal-filled cave where they must solve maths puzzles to escape before the tide rises. Students work through engaging challenges in their notebooks, promoting critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving—all while staying aligned with maths standards. Ideal for review, enrichment or a fun change of pace!

Skills covered in this factors and multiples game:

• Finding the highest common factor (HCF)
• Determining if a number is a factor or multiple of another number
• Listing all factors of a given number
• Solving word problems involving factors and multiples

Using This Factors and Multiples Activity in the Classroom

It doesn’t take much to get your students learning with this factors and multiples activity! Here is how to use it. 

1. Download the escape room and the student notebook in the formats of your choice.
2. Print and provide each student a copy of the student notebook to assemble in the correct order.
3. Ensure students have access to the escape room, whether providing each group with a device to view the slideshow or displaying it to the entire class. 
4. Put the escape room in ‘Slideshow’ mode. 
5. Instruct students to read each slide and follow the instructions there and in their notebooks. All work should be completed in their notebooks. 
6. If students complete this factors and multiples game with the right codes, a congratulatory message will appear! 

Downloading Our Factor and Multiple Game

This factor and multiple game is easy to download! The escape room is provided in Google Slides and PowerPoint formats, and the student notebook is available as a PDF or Google Slides presentation. Simply click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose the formats that you prefer.

This resource was created by Kendall Britnell, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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