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Balance Scales

Keep the scale level! Work out what the mystery shape weighs, then solve the same puzzles written the school way: x + 3 = 10.

Missing Numbers & Function Machines · Grades 2–3 · 8 levels · Free

8 levels

  1. Find the mystery weight
  2. Keep it level
  3. Two of the same shape
  4. Two steps to solve
  5. Shapes on both pans
  6. Linked scales
  7. Written with x
  8. Solve it fast

What it practises

  • Missing Numbers (One Step)
  • Two-Step Equations
  • Unknowns on Both Pans

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