Balancing beam 2: Which side exerts the greatest force on the balance beam (metric units - Kg)?

Price: 695 points or $6.95 USD

Subjects: math,science

Grades: 1,2,3

Description: Will the balance beam (set of scales) fall to the left, the right or remain balanced? Each slide presents a set of scales with one or more weights of various sizes on each side. All you have to do is figure out whether the beam will fall to the left, to the right or remain evenly balanced BUT the weights are not spaced evenly apart, so you have to take the distance from the pivot into account. This isn't about which side is 'heaviest' but which side 'exerts the greatest force' on the scales. Once a correct choice has been made, the next slide will show what actually happened, and you can then advance to the next puzzle. There are 40 puzzles in all to solve. The slides start off very simple, with small weight sizes of 1Kg and 2Kg. As you progress through the deck, heavier weights are added, providing more combinations to play with, which challenge mental arithmetic and adding skills. Deck in this series: - Balance Beam 1: weights - metric (Kg) - Balance Beam 1: weights - imperial (lbs) - Balance Beam 2: forces - metric (Kg) - Balance Beam 2: forces - imperial (lbs) This is the metric version of this deck, where the weights are in Kg. See also the Imperial version where the weights are in lbs.