The Basics of Hands on Equations

Hands on Equations has a basis in.....

• Equality and Legal Moves

• Inverse Operations

• "Canceling out"

• Getting the right answer

What does the balance help students see?

• Variables

• The steps

• Equality

• Inverse Operations

What's one important step you shouldn't miss?

• Guess

• Check

• Add to both sides

• Subtract from both sides