Pythagoras Theorem Murder Mystery | Maths Problem-Solving Activity with Answers
£1.50
Make practising Pythagoras’ Theorem much more exciting with this fun Who, Where and When? Maths Murder Mystery. Learners must check a series of right-angled triangle calculations and use their mathematical detective skills to identify the culprit, location and day of the crime. 🕵️♀️
Instead of completing a traditional worksheet, students have a purpose for every calculation as they work through the clues and eliminate the possibilities.
🔺 Maths skills covered:
⭐ Pythagoras’ Theorem
⭐ Finding the hypotenuse
⭐ Finding a missing shorter side
⭐ Right-angled triangles
⭐ Checking whether calculations are correct
⭐ Mathematical reasoning
⭐ Problem solving and logical deduction
🔎 The mystery has three stages:
👤 WHO? – Analyse the suspects' statements and identify who made the required number of errors.
📍 WHERE? – Check the Pythagoras calculations for different locations and find the location where two calculations are correct.
📅 WHEN? – Investigate the daily clues and find the day where both mathematical statements are incorrect.
📚 This 4-page resource includes:
✅ Student mystery activity
✅ Who, Where and When challenges
✅ Multiple Pythagoras calculations
✅ Problem-solving and reasoning tasks
✅ Final accusation section
✅ Completed answer pages for quick marking
🎯 Perfect for:
🔹 KS3 Maths
🔹 GCSE Maths revision
🔹 Pythagoras’ Theorem lessons
🔹 Functional Skills extension activities
🔹 End-of-topic revision
🔹 Maths intervention
🔹 Homework
🔹 Cover lessons
🔹 Early finishers
🔹 End-of-term maths activities
💡 Low prep and easy to use – simply print and let your learners become mathematical detectives!
🔺 + 🕵️ + 🔍 = a memorable way to practise Pythagoras’ Theorem while developing reasoning and problem-solving skills.