### Biscuit Decorations

Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?

### Constant Counting

You can make a calculator count for you by any number you choose. You can count by ones to reach 24. You can count by twos to reach 24. What else can you count by to reach 24?

### Skip Counting

Find the squares that Froggie skips onto to get to the pumpkin patch. She starts on 3 and finishes on 30, but she lands only on a square that has a number 3 more than the square she skips from.

# Are You Well Balanced?

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You might like to have a look at Number Balance before trying this problem.

Here is a number balance, or equaliser:

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It has weights hanging off it to make it balance.
We can hang more than one weight from each hook.
I hang one weight on the $10$. I want to use just one hook on the other side of the equaliser.
Where could I put weights and how many would I need to put on?
Now I hang two weights on the $10$ on one side of the equaliser.
Using only the $2$ hook, how could I add weights on the other side to make it balance?
Using only the $5$ hook, how could I add weights on the other side to make it balance?
How could you make it balance using both the $2$ and the $5$ hooks? Is there only one solution?
Now I hang one weight on the $10$ hook on one side of the equaliser.
If I use the $3$ hook and one other, how can I make it balance?