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Math Mammoth

Scales Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this scales worksheet, students use addition, multiplication, and division to find out how much the shapes on the scales weigh. Students complete 8 problems total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Challenge: Fraction Scales

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comparing fractions instructional activity, students examine 10 pairs of fractions and identify the first in each pair as greater than, less than, or equal to the second.
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Interactive
PHET

Equality Explorer: Basics

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Not all interactives are made equal. Scholars use an interactive balance to explore the concept of equality. They place different objects on balances to determine the number of each object needed to balance the scale.
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Balanced Assessment

A Loud Noise

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
In a scale measuring noise, an increase in 10 dB is a 10 time increase in power. Mathematicians examine the data graph of a real world exponential growth, with no logarithmic scale, and then create two equations relating the decibels and...
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Balanced Assessment

Ostrich and Seahorse

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Examine the relationship between ratios and scale. Young math scholars compare ratios of two models. They use the ratios to make a comparison between the two models. Each image uses a different scale, which requires learners to think...
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Curated OER

Place Value Balancing Act

For Students 1st
For this place value balancing act worksheet, 1st graders cut out the unit weights (100, 10, 1) and put them on four scales to make them balance with the weights given.
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Waterloo Mathematics

Grade 7 Patterning and Algebra: Algebraic Expressions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Classmates solve 18 different problems that are mostly word problems that apply algebraic expressions. They draw different combinations of masses on a scale that would balance. They also simplify expressions and solve for x in a number...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Two Pounds to Go

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How hard can it be to measure out two pounds? A short performance task introduces a situation where a balance scale is broken. It gives a method for measuring out two pounds and asks learners to evaluate the procedure. They must prove...
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Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Lightest and Heaviest—Sorting Algorithms

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
How do computers sort data lists? Using eight unknown weights and a balance scale, groups determine the order of the weights from lightest to heaviest. A second worksheet provides the groups with other methods to order the weights. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Up

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine and discuss a variety of ways to measure length, capacity, and weight. They estimate and measure a pencil's length using Unifix cubes, estimate and fill a measuring cup with Unifix cubes, and weigh a calculator in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimation Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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Project Maths

Introduction to Equations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Do your pupils truly understand inverse operations, or is their understanding a little backward? Scholars learn the meaning of an equation in the second instructional activity of a four-part Algebra series. A series of activities begins...
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Curated OER

Applied Science - Science and Math Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students utilize a balance scale. In this applied science lesson, students compare the weights of two objects using an elementary balance scale. Students balance the scale with weights to find how heavy an object is.
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Curated OER

Balance or Tilt?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concepts of a variable, constant, expressions, and equations. They solve problems which require the interpretation of expressions in and out of equations looking for solutions. Students also use a balance...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bead Play

For Students 3rd
In this balancing a scale worksheet, 3rd graders observe two different types of wooden beads on three scales to answer each of the three questions. Students draw each bead at 2, 3 and 4 ounces and answer 2 word problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebraic Reasoning: Balance Benders

For Students 5th - 7th
In this algebraic reasoning worksheet, students determine which of 4 given answers correctly replaces a questions mark shown at the end of a balance scale sequence.  An answer key is included.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Which Weighs More? Which Weighs Less?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Expand the the comparative language of young mathematicians with a hand-on weight measurement activity. Working independently or in pairs, children compare the weight of large wooden blocks to various other classroom objects, recording...
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Curated OER

Water Wonders

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students measure the amount of surface tension using a balance scale after a classroom demonstration students diagram the appearance of several liquids and label them.
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Curated OER

Mass and Weight in the Metric System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students weigh and record the mass of various objects, and then compare the weights of objects by holding gram weights in one hand and the object in the other hand.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using a Balance to Compare Weights

For Students 3rd
In this using a balance to compare weights worksheet, 3rd graders compare two weights in pounds and ounces, write "balanced" if they are equal or circle the one that is heavier if they are not equal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Matter of Fact

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students design their own Science experiment. In this science experiment instructional activity students create a hypothesis related to matter and test it. They displayed their data in a graph.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balancing the Scales: Understanding Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of ratios. In groups, they convert sets of numbers into a ratio. After practicing, they use the ratios and proportions to solve story problems. They also calculate map distances and discover map...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balancing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students balance equations using the correct method. In this algebra lesson, students solve linear equations using a virtual balance beam as a manipulative. They play games to reinforce the concept of equations being and staying balanced.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cuisenaire Four-Pan Algebra Balance: Limitations and Suggestions

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners illustrate the concept of balancing equations using a Four-Pan Algebra Balance. In this balancing lesson, students visualize why it is necessary to add or subtract the same quantity on both sides of an equation when solving...

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