Balancing Equations- Addition and Subtraction

This resource is scaffolded to help your students move from the concrete level of balancing equations to abstract. My students caught on in no time!

Addition Worksheets include:

Is it Equal? (pictures, numbers and simple equations using scales)
Equation Balance Cut and Paste (cut simple equations and match them on the scale)
Which Scale is Balanced? (dominoes)
True or False (equations on a scale)
What's the missing number? (with domino scaffold)
What's the missing number? (no pictures)

Subtraction:
Equation Balance Cut and Paste (cut simple equations and match them on the scale)
True or False (equations on a scale)
What's the missing number? missing 2nd number (subtrahend)
What's the missing number? missing initial number (minuend)