Balance Math & More! (Grades: 2nd-12th+)

Balance Math™ & More!

Try one of these intriguing puzzles - and then try to stop!

Grades: 2nd - 12th+
Subject: Mathematics

Type: Student Content w/Answer Guide
Media: Paperback Book
License: Reproducible
Author: Robert Femiano
Publisher: The Critical Thinking Company

The Balance Math™ & More! activities sharpen your students' critical thinking skills, computational skills, and develop algebraic reasoning. The first book in the series (Level 1) focuses on addition and subtraction of whole numbers. The second book (Level 2) focuses on multiplication and division of whole numbers, but has a few problems involving fractions. The third book (Level 3) involves addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication, as well as fractions and decimals.

The spiraling difficulty level is designed to scaffold a students' conceptual understanding of the targeted operations from beginning to advanced. Try one of these intriguing puzzles—and then try to stop!

With Balance Math™ Teaches Algebra, understanding algebraic equations and solving algebra word problems has never been easier or more fun! This visual approach uses balance scales to teach algebra. The balances provide an intuitive, visual, and entertaining way to master fundamental algebraic concepts. The puzzle-like problems ensure students are cognitively-involved while they hone their techniques of simplifying, substituting, and writing proofs to solve simultaneous equations.

Balance Math™ Teaches Algebra is designed to move from simple to complex, with lessons scaffolding on earlier learning. And like all the Balance Math™ and More! books, these problems involve critical thinking and computation. To students, these problems are more like puzzles, with just enough challenge to forget they are doing math!


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