Balance Equation Game

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Mathematics Number & Place Value Patterns & Algebra

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Description

In this game, students create a balanced equation by using a series of equation cards. These can be customised to change the difficulty so that it will suit every group in your numeracy rotations. Print the blue/yellow cards front and back so that the equation should appear on one side (blue) while the answer appears on the other (yellow).

This game is a part of a larger pre-algebra unit where students find unknown values in numerical equations using multiplication and division.

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Rotations / Group Work

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Curriculum Codes

AC9M5N10 9

Create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions and digital tools to experiment with factors, multiples and divisibility; identify, interpret and describe emerging patterns

AC9M5A02 9

Find unknown values in numerical equations involving multiplication and division using the properties of numbers and operations

AC9M5A01 9

Recognise and explain the connection between multiplication and division as inverse operations and use this to develop families of number facts

ACMNA107 8.4

Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction

ACMNA098 8.4

Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems

ACMNA121 8.4

Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving multiplication and division and identify equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division

VCMNA192

Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction

VCMNA194

Follow a mathematical algorithm involving branching and repetition (iteration)

VCMNA181

Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems

VCMNA193

Use equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division to find unknown quantities

MA3-1WM old

Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions

MA3-2WM old

Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations

MA3-4NA old

Orders, reads and represents integers of any size and describes properties of whole numbers

MA3-3WM old

Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another

MA3-8NA old

Analyses and creates geometric and number patterns, constructs and completes number sentences, and locates points on the Cartesian plane

MA3-MR-01 new

Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems

MA3-MR-02 new

Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations

MA3-RN-01 new

Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers

MA3-RN-02 new

Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places

MA3-RN-03 new

Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values

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This game allows students to simplify the balance process so that questions can be reduced to simple tables equations, or flip the cards to increase the difficulty.

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