Balancing 2

Meg and Mo still need to hang their marbles so that they balance, but this time the constraints are different. Can you find out what they need to do?

Problem



Meg and Mo have been distracted from their game of Marbles by the balance on which they hang their pouches of marbles between games.

They discover that they can make their pouches balance with Meg's pouch $60$cm from the centre, and with $10$ marbles in Mo's pouch.
 

Fill in the table below showing how many marbles Mo needs in her pouch to balance Meg's pouch when it is in various different places away from the centre.

MegMo
60cm10 marbles
30cm 
90cm 

Can you now work out how many marbles Mo would need in her pouch to balance with Meg's?

MegMo
120cm 
12cm 
48cm 
24cm 
75cm 

Try to explain how you worked it out.

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They take a break from playing with the balance to play another quick game of Marbles, after which they both have different numbers of marbles and someone has sneakily altered the balance.

They find that when they hang their pouches on the new balance, the two pouches balance when Meg has $12$ marbles, and Mo has her pouch $21$cm from the centre.

 

This time, Mo is going to move her pouch as Meg adds and removes marbles from her own pouch. Fill in the table below to show where Mo needs to move her pouch.

MegMo
12 marbles21cm
24 marbles 
16 marbles 
8 marbles 

Can you now work out where Mo would need to place her pouch to balance with Meg's?

MegMo
30 marbles 
15 marbles 
2 marbles 
x marbles 

Try to explain how you worked it out.