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We hope that these activities deepen your understanding of what it means when we say that two amounts are equal.
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Seesaw Shenanigans
A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?
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Interactive Balance
In this simulation of a balance, you can drag numbers and parts of number sentences on to the trays. Have a play!
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Number Balance
Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?
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Are you well Balanced?
Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.
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Sweetie Box
Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?
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True or False?
Without doing lots of calculations, can you decide which of these number sentences are true? How do you know?