Number balance

Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?

Problem

Number Balance printable sheet

This is an interactive number balance:

There are blue weights on the table, which you can hang onto the numbers. Have a play with it!

Here is a picture of the number balance with some weights on it:

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Number balance with 9 on the left, > in the middle, and 3, 4 on the right.

 

Where would you need to hang a weight to make it balance?

What about this picture below? Where would you hang a weight to make it balance?

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Number balance with 6 on the left, < in the middle, and 4, 9 on the right.

 

If you had to use two weights and make the picture below balance, where could you put them?

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Number balance with 9, 6 on the left, > in the middle, and 4, 10 on the right.

 

How many different ways can you make it balance with two weights?