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These entertaining math puzzles are great for your students to practice finding balanced equations with addition and subtraction. This bundle contains three differentiated packs for years 2 – 7 with puzzles from simple additions with the numbers in the tens to numbers with three decimal places. Each puzzle has a complete set and a muddled puzzle set. I have used these to great success over the last few weeks. My children have loved them and are now pros balancing equations.
Check out our other Math Tarsia Puzzles
Balancing Equations (Years 2 - 3)
Balancing Equations (Years 4 -5)
Balancing Equations (Years 6 and 7)
Equivalent Fractions
Fractions of Numbers
Long Division
Long Multiplication Tarsia Puzzle Activity
Measurement Conversion Tarsia Puzzles: MM, CM, and Meters
Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, and 1000
Number Bond Tarsia Puzzles: 100, 500, and 1000
Times Tables Tarsia Puzzle Activity
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing addition and subtraction equations (carrying and borrowing included). It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
Contents:
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
**Want something slightly easier? **
Check out our ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Grades 1 - 2
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing additions and subtraction equations. It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
Contents:
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing simple multiplication and division equations. It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
**Contents:
**
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
Check out our addition and subtraction ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers:
‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3
’Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
’Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing multiplication and division equations. It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
Contents:
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
Check out our addition ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers:
‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3
’Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
’Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
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‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 2 and 3
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This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing addition and subtraction equations with decimals (carrying and borrowing included). It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they are learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
Contents:
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
**Want something slightly easier? **
Check out:
‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3
‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
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This activity is a great way for students to practise subtraction with and without borrowing with 4 and 5 digit numbers. They will find the answers to a set of subtraction questions in the number grid, coloring in the correct answers with the color to match the subtraction.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
**Contents:
**
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (without borrowing)
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (with borrowing)
Numbers 5 digit numbers activity sheet (with borrowing)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
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Subtraction number search: Years 1 - 2
Subtraction number search: Years 3 - 4
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These number searches are a great way for your class to practise both metal and column subtraction. They must find the answer to the subtraction questions in the number grid and shade them in the correct color.
This bundle contains puzzles for grades K – 5.
**Contents:
Years 1 - 2:**
Numbers 1 – 20 subtraction search sheet
Numbers 1 – 30 subtraction search sheet
Numbers 1 – 50 subtraction search sheet
Blank addition search sheet
Years 3 - 4:
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (without borrowing)
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (with borrowing)
Numbers 1 - 1000 activity sheet (with borrowing)
Blank addition search sheets
Years 5 - 6:
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (without borrowing)
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (with borrowing)
Numbers 5 digit numbers activity sheet (with borrowing)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
These puzzles are a great lesson activity, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
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This activity is designed to introduce your class to balancing equations in a simple and visual way. They will complete simple additions to balance the equation, with each addition having a visual representation. Students can also use physical aids, such as cubes, to further reinforce this concept while solving the worksheets.
Contents:
Balance The Equation Worksheet: Numbers 1 - 10
Balance The Equation Worksheet: Numbers 1 - 20
Black and white copies are included in this pack.
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This activity is a great way for students to practise their 1 - 10 times tables. They will find the answers to a set of multiplications in the number grid, coloring in the correct answers with the colour to match the times table.
This pack contains one number word search for each times table (2-10).
They’re a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
Check out our subtraction number word searches:
Subtraction number search: Years 1 - 2
Subtraction number search: Years 3 - 4
Subtraction number search: Years 5 - 6
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This activity is a great way for students to practise multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000. They will find the answers to a set of multiplications in the number grid, coloring in the correct answers with the color to match the multiplication.
This pack contains 3 differentiated activity sheets as seen in the preview.
They’re a great lesson, filler / extension, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
Check out our subtraction number word searches:
Subtraction number search: Years 1 - 2
Subtraction number search: Years 3 - 4
Subtraction number search: Years 5 - 6
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This activity is a great way for students to practise dividing by 10, 100, and 1000. They will find the answers to a set of divisions in the number grid, coloring in the correct answers with the color to match the division.
This pack contains 3 differentiated activity sheets as seen in the preview.
They’re a great lesson, filler / extension, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000 number word search.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
Check out our subtraction number word searches:
Subtraction number search: Years 1 - 2
Subtraction number search: Years 3 - 4
Subtraction number search: Years 5 - 6
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Use these entertaining math puzzles for your students to practice finding balanced equations with addition and subtraction including decimals. This pack contains three differentiated puzzles where students must carry and borrow numbers to complete the additions and subtractions, some of which include decimals and negative numbers. Each puzzle has a complete set and a muddled puzzle set. I have used these to great success over the last few weeks. My children have loved them and are now pros balancing equations.
Contents:
3 x differentiated complete and mixed Tarsia puzzles.
Check out our other Math Tarsia Puzzles
Balancing Equations (Years 2 - 3)
Balancing Equations (Years 4 -5)
Equivalent Fractions
Fractions of Numbers
Long Division
Long Multiplication Tarsia Puzzle Activity
Measurement Conversion Tarsia Puzzles: MM, CM, and Meters
Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, and 1000
Number Bond Tarsia Puzzles: 100, 500, and 1000
Times Tables Tarsia Puzzle Activity
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This activity is a great way for students to practise subtraction with and without borrowing with numbers from 1 - 1000. They will find the answers to a set of subtraction questions in the number grid, coloring in the correct answers with the color to match the subtraction.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Contents:
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (without borrowing)
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (with borrowing)
Numbers 1 - 1000 activity sheet (with borrowing)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
Want something easier? Check out:
Addition number search: K - 1
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This activity is a great way for students to practise addition with and without carrying with numbers 1 - 1000. They will find the answers to a set of divisions in the number grid, colouring in the correct answers with the color to match the addition question.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Contents:
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (without carrying)
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (with carrying)
Numbers 1 - 1000 activity sheet (with carrying)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Want something easier? Check out:
Addition Number Word Search Activity: Years 1 and 2
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These number searches are a great way for your class to practise both metal and column addition. They must find the answer to the addition questions in the number grid and shade them in the correct color.
This bundle contains puzzles for years 1 - 6.
**Contents:
Grades K – 1:**
Numbers 1 – 20 addition search sheet
Numbers 1 – 50 addition search sheet
Blank addition search sheet
Grades 2 – 3:
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (without carrying)
Numbers 1 – 100 activity sheet (with carrying)
Numbers 1 - 1000 activity sheet (with carrying)
Blank addition search sheets
Grades 4 – 5:
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (without carrying)
Numbers 4 digit numbers activity sheet (with carrying)
Numbers 5 digit numbers activity sheet (with carrying)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
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These puzzles are a great lesson activity, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!**
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This activity is a great way for your little ones to practise simple subtraction either mentally or when using a number line. They will answer a set of simple subtractions, shading the answer in the correct color in the number word search.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Contents:
Numbers 1 – 20 subtraction search sheet
Numbers 1 – 30 subtraction search sheet
Numbers 1 – 50 subtraction search sheet
Blank addition search sheet
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Check out our addition number word searches:
Years 1 - 2
Years 3 - 4
Years 5 - 6
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This activity is a great way for students to practise column addition with and without carrying with 4 and 5 digit numbers. They will find the answers to a set of additions in the number grid, colouring in the correct answers with the colour to match the question.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
Contents:
4 digit numbers activity sheet (without carrying)
4 digit numbers activity sheet (with carrying)
5 digit numbers activity sheet (with carrying)
Blank addition search sheets
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Want something easier? Check out:
Addition Number Word Search Activity: Years 1 and 2
Addition Number Word Search Activity: Years 3 and 4
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This activity is a great way for your little ones to practise simple addition either mentally or when using a number line. They will answer a set of simple additions, shading the answer in the correct colour in the number word search.
It’s a great lesson, filler, or home learning activity. My class absolutely love them as I’m sure yours will too!
**Contents: **
Numbers 1 – 20 addition search sheet
Numbers 1 – 50 addition search sheet
Blank addition search sheet
Black and white copies are also included in this pack.
Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think.
Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!
This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing equations with all four operations (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction). It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they’re learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!).
This pack includes a both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game.
Contents:
Folding instructions
2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers
2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers
Blank template
Have fun!
**Want something easier? Check out: **
‘Balance The Equations’ Four Operations Cootie Catchers: Years 2 and 3
Check out our addition and subtraction ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers:
‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3
‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5
Check out our multiplication and division ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers:
‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 2 and 3
‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 4 and 5
‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 6 and 7
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