The Bot Slam Brawl Mystery
Right before the live stream championship match, someone sabotaged the trophy belt and hid the main control unit! Work through the tech logs and match evidence to find out which builder disrupted the event.
Possible suspects
Cross off a row as each clue rules it out. On screen, tap a row.
| Name | Main Bot Attack | Defense System | Lanyard Color | Hair Style | Robot Counter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhead Gable | laser spin | rocket boosters | wears blue lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Engineer Eddie | laser spin | thermal sensor | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Builder Bianca | hydraulic slam | thermal sensor | wears blue lanyard | spiky purple | water spray |
| Battery Bayley | laser spin | titanium shield | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Piston Punk | glitter cannon | shock tracks | wears red lanyard | silver buzzcut | water spray |
| Gadget Rhea | hydraulic slam | thermal sensor | wears blue lanyard | neon green | water spray |
| Tinkerer Seth | hydraulic slam | titanium shield | wears red lanyard | neon green | foam pellet |
| Cable KO | glitter cannon | thermal sensor | wears red lanyard | neon green | magnet trap |
| Circuit Charlotte | sonic bash | pulse blast | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Hacker Cody | laser spin | shock tracks | wears blue lanyard | neon green | magnet trap |
| Anvil Alexa | magnetic drop | rocket boosters | wears blue lanyard | neon green | magnet trap |
| Axle AJ | magnetic drop | pulse blast | wears red lanyard | neon green | foam pellet |
| Turbine Trish | sonic bash | titanium shield | wears red lanyard | neon green | magnet trap |
| Robo Roman | laser spin | shock tracks | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Wrench Walter | laser spin | titanium shield | wears blue lanyard | spiky purple | water spray |
| Dynamo Drew | hydraulic slam | thermal sensor | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | foam pellet |
| Sensor Asuka | sonic bash | rocket boosters | wears red lanyard | neon green | foam pellet |
| Voltage Vince | laser spin | pulse blast | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | magnet trap |
| Rotor Ronda | glitter cannon | shock tracks | wears red lanyard | neon green | magnet trap |
| Mark Spark | glitter cannon | titanium shield | wears red lanyard | silver buzzcut | magnet trap |
| Fuse Finn | magnetic drop | rocket boosters | wears red lanyard | spiky purple | magnet trap |
Multiplication facts (1-12)
To decrypt the first security log, the engineering team multiplies the robot camera frame counts from the arena ring.
Solve each problem to learn its letter. Then write that letter in every box that shows the same number, and read the secret clue.
Bar model word problems
Analyzing the energy bar charts from the stream reveals the suspect's movement across the main stage.
Draw a bar model to solve each word problem. Its answer reveals a letter — write the letters in the boxes to fill in the missing word.
Multi-step word problems
Calculating the total weight of gear and spare parts cleared from the pit area points to our next clue.
Solve each problem to learn its letter, then write the letters in the boxes to fill in the missing word.
Fractions of a number
Taking a fraction of the total viewer votes on YouTube narrows down where the suspect hid the control belt.
Solve each problem to learn its letter. Then write that letter in every box that shows the same number, and read the secret clue.
Division facts (1-12) — the last clue
Dividing the remaining arena battery packs equally among the bot stations unlocks the final evidence.
First solve each problem. Then find each answer in the list below and cross that sentence out. One sentence will be left — that's exactly what the villain did!
Name the culprit
Choose the one suspect left standing.
Answer Key — The Bot Slam Brawl Mystery
- Clue 1 (Multiplication facts (1-12)): "THE CULPRIT DOES NOT USE SHOCK TRACKS"1 × 1 = 1 (T) · 7 × 8 = 56 (E) · 8 × 12 = 96 (I) · 8 × 11 = 88 (L) · 10 × 7 = 70 (N) · 7 × 1 = 7 (R) · 3 × 5 = 15 (K) · 10 × 8 = 80 (H) · 11 × 11 = 121 (P) · 10 × 12 = 120 (D) · 3 × 7 = 21 (S) · 1 × 3 = 3 (U) · 11 × 4 = 44 (A) · 2 × 7 = 14 (O) · 12 × 12 = 144 (C)
- Clue 2 (Bar model word problems): "WEARS RED LANYARD"The red team has 142 wrestling mats and the blue team has 34 wrestling mats. How many more wrestling mats does the red team have? = 108 (W) · Robo Engineer has 156 championship belts, packed 3 to a bag. How many bags can be filled? = 52 (R) · There were 110 microchips in all. 1 microchips were used. How many microchips are left? = 109 (S) · Robo Engineer used 1/2 of the championship belts on the first day. The other 61 championship belts were used the next day. How many championship belts were there in all? = 122 (D) · Robo Engineer has 10 times as many championship belts as a teammate. The teammate has 6 championship belts. How many championship belts does Robo Engineer have? = 60 (L) · Robo Engineer shares 222 wrestling mats equally among 2 teams. How many wrestling mats does each team get? = 111 (A) · One group collected 10 servo motors and another group collected 65 servo motors. How many servo motors in all? = 75 (E)
- Clue 3 (Multi-step word problems): "FOAM PELLET"Robo Engineer filled 4 boxes with 8 wrestling mats each, then found 11 more wrestling mats. How many wrestling mats are there in all? = 43 (F) · Robo Engineer collected 173 championship belts in the morning and 47 championship belts in the afternoon, then split them equally among 4 Tech Tube Pit Crew. How many championship belts did each get? = 55 (A) · Robo Engineer earned 3 servo motors in each of 5 rounds, plus 54 bonus servo motors. Then 11 servo motors were lost. How many servo motors are left? = 58 (P) · Robo Engineer filled 4 boxes with 2 microchips each, then found 65 more microchips. How many microchips are there in all? = 73 (E) · There were 178 championship belts in all. 6 championship belts were set aside. The rest were shared equally among 2 Tech Tube Pit Crew. How many championship belts did each get? = 86 (L) · Robo Engineer earned 4 glitter bombs in each of 5 rounds, plus 65 bonus glitter bombs. Then 13 glitter bombs were lost. How many glitter bombs are left? = 72 (M) · Robo Engineer earned 2 wrestling mats in each of 4 rounds, plus 91 bonus wrestling mats. Then 10 wrestling mats were lost. How many wrestling mats are left? = 89 (O)
- Clue 4 (Fractions of a number): "WITNESS SPOTTED SPIKY PURPLE HAIR"4/8 of 42 = 21 (W) · 1/4 of 72 = 18 (U) · 4/6 of 36 = 24 (N) · 2/5 of 80 = 32 (D) · 4/8 of 10 = 5 (E) · 2/8 of 12 = 3 (L) · 4/5 of 20 = 16 (Y) · 1/2 of 74 = 37 (S) · 4/8 of 28 = 14 (K) · 3/4 of 48 = 36 (A) · 2/6 of 69 = 23 (T) · 1/2 of 62 = 31 (O) · 3/6 of 22 = 11 (R) · 3/8 of 72 = 27 (I) · 2/10 of 175 = 35 (P) · 1/6 of 90 = 15 (H)
- Clue 5 (Division facts (1-12)): surviving statement (box 3) → Battery Bayley35 ÷ 5 = 7 · 4 ÷ 1 = 4 · 36 ÷ 6 = 6 · 45 ÷ 5 = 9 · 25 ÷ 5 = 5 · 18 ÷ 9 = 2 · 80 ÷ 10 = 8 · 110 ÷ 11 = 10 · 144 ÷ 12 = 12 · 22 ÷ 2 = 11 · 11 ÷ 11 = 1
About this mystery
- Grade level
- Grade 5 math
- Math topics
- Multiplication, Bar models, Multi-step word problems, Fractions of a number, Division
- Reading level
- grades 5-6
- Theme
- The Bot Slam Brawl Mystery — set in Tech Tube Arena Wrestling Ring
- Format
- Interactive online & printable worksheet with answer key
- Solution
- One unique, verified culprit among 21 suspects
