Balance Benders™ Beginning

Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these activities as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Students develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Students must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Try one—and then try to stop!

The same quick, fun logic problems as the Balance Benders™ books but now as software! These interactive puzzles give you all the tools you need to work the problem out on-screen before selecting your answer. Developing algebraic thinking used in balancing and solving equations has never been more fun!

This app won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Finalist Award, Dr. Toy Best Smart Play / Smart Toy Product, iParenting Media Award, iParenting Media Excellent Products, and The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval!

Grades: 2-6
Author: Robert Femiano
Puzzles: 40

Balance Benders™ helps your students to succeed on standardized tests and prepares them for higher-level assessments including:

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® (WISC®)
Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®)
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) / Talented and Gifted (TAG)
California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)
Cornell Critical Thinking Tests (CCTT)
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
and many more!