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Grade 2 · Math · Unit 5 of 9

Balance It

Make both sides equal

What your child practises

Finding the unknown number that makes both sides of an equation equal, using symbols for unknowns, and spotting number patterns.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Patterns and Relations: Algebra · equal expressions, unknown numbers and number patterns

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Look at the pattern: 16, 18, 20, 22, ?. What number comes next?

    • 30
    • 28
    • 24

  2. Question 2

    What number makes both sides equal?

    43 + 46 = 79 +

    • 10
    • 4
    • 16

  3. Question 3

    Which is equal to 98?

    • 57 + 40
    • 72 + 27
    • 57 + 41

  4. Question 4

    What number makes both sides equal?

    35 + 18 = 15 +

    • 35
    • 36
    • 38

  5. Question 5

    In ★ + 8 = 16, what number does ★ stand for?

    • 10
    • 2
    • 8

  6. Question 6

    In ★ + 9 = 12, what number does ★ stand for?

    • 9
    • 8
    • 3

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