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Overview
Overview
Your student will be learning:
- the equal sign shows that both sides of the equation are equal.
Example:
4 + 2 + 2 = 4 + 4
4 + 1 = 3 + 2
- how to solve for a missing part that will balance the equation (make both sides equal).
Example:
6 + ___ = 4 + 8 → 6 + 6 = 4 + 8
Resources
Resources
- Videos
- Free Apps
Animals Math Balance for Kids HD Lite
Animals Math Balance for Kids HD Lite
This app has building numbers in different ways and checking the work with a balance.
Bonbon Number Bonds
Bonbon Number Bonds
Practice solving addition and subtraction word problems using pictures in the “Addition” or “Subtraction” levels.
- Websites
- Balance Equations Game. This Softschools website provides practice with finding the missing addend when balancing equations.
- Books
- Equal Shmequal by Virginia Kroll. Mouse and her friends want to play tug-of-war, but they can't figure out how to make teams that are equal until Mouse starts thinking mathematically.
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