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Equation Balancing
Keep both sides equal! Learn that the equals sign works like a balance scale, then use inverse operations to find a missing number or operator -- and always check it balances -- in the 11+ Verbal Reasoning exam.
This 11+ Verbal Reasoning lesson opens with an animated 9 min video in 12 short chapters. Your child then tries questions with a friendly coach, practises with questions that step up from Easy to Hard, and finishes with a review of the traps that caught them.
What the Equation Balancing video lesson covers
- Operation Broken Sums
- Both sides balance
- Undo with the inverse
- A gap on either side
- Pause and try
- Order of operations
- A gap inside a longer side
- Brackets first
- The missing sign
- Opening the vault
- Pause and try
- Top agent tips
How every Prep4All video lesson works
STEP 1
Watch
An animated 6 to 10 minute lesson in short chapters, with captions and a mission to crack.
STEP 2
Try together
A friendly coach talks your child through three questions, with hints and a second try.
STEP 3
Practise
Ten questions that step up from Easy to Hard. Every wrong answer explains the trap behind it.
STEP 4
Review
See which traps caught them and jump straight back to the chapter that teaches it.