Adams, Kimberly. Farrior, Donna. (2022). Locked Out: A Breakout Box Session for Your Circle. In S. Bowen (Ed.), Math Circle Activity Database. American Institute of Mathematics. https://mathcircles.org/activity/locked-out
Locked Out: A Breakout Box Session for Your Circle
Contributor(s): Donna Farrior, Kimberly Adams
Math Circles: MTC Network
Escape Rooms and “Bomb Disposal” activities are growing in popularity as a form of team building and entertainment. This session blends the two ideas to create a cooperative math activity where the challenge is to solve math problems whose solutions generate combinations to open a locked box. The math problems can be selected to fit any audience, and the activity appeals to problem solvers of all ages.
Activity Guide
This guide looks at the activity in detail and goes into the underlying math.
