Pan balance math game

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Game size:. Someone you know has shared Balance Shapes - Geometry Game game with you:. Send email. Select Room. Enter your friend's Room Code: and Go. Each shape is assigned a certain weight.

Try to find equivalent sets of shapes by places shapes on each side of the balance. To grab a shape, mouse over the shape you want, move your cursor to the desired pan, and click to drop it. To remove a shape, click it. The pans move according to which side is heavier and which is lighter.

When both sides of the pan balance, the equivalent relationship is added to the right-hand table. When you think you know any of the weights, you can check your guess. Click Guess Weights at the bottom when the pans are balanced. This brings up the Guess Weights screen. Enter your guess beside your desired shape, and then click Check.

Correct values get a green check. Incorrect values get a red X. Click Close to return to the balance screen. Note: All shapes always have positive whole number weights. There are four additional buttons at the bottom to manipulate the tool: Reset Table: Removes all entries from the table.

This simple exercise familiarizes them with how the pan balance responds to changes. Students select from a range of labeled weights, attempting to balance the pans one of which is holding a labeled box :. The balance responds to changes just as it would in real life.

Students simply experiment and thus learn! As students progress, we offer problems that require a bit more experimentation than others:. Because our pan balance tool works exactly like a real one, students may solve a problem using a non-traditional method. Of course, students are not yet exposed to the written equations for these problems. We also prompt students to balance the pans by removing, rather than adding, weights:.

We continue to scaffold concepts with an exercise that requires only simple addition based on a given scenario.