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Equality Explorer: Basics

Explore balance and equality with a balance scale. Choose a screen to begin.

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Each screen explores balance and equality in a different way.

Balance the scale

Basics

When both totals are equal, the beam is level.

Basics

Left pan

Right pan

Left total 0

Right total 0

Balance Balanced

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Controls

Drag a term onto a pan, or focus a term and press Enter to place it. Make both totals equal to balance the scale.

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Use Tab to move between controls, then use the keys below.

TabShift + Tab

Move to the next or previous control.

EnterSpace

Pick up a term to place it, activate a button, or remove a focused term from a pan.

←→

Choose the left or right pan while placing a term, or change a focused slider value.

DeleteBackspace

Remove a focused term from a pan.

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Open the Basics or Lab screen.

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R

Reset the current screen.

Esc

Cancel placing a term, or close a menu or dialog.

Pandai Simulation

Equality Explorer: Basics

Version 0.5.1

Explore balance and equality with a balance scale. Place objects or algebra tiles on the two pans and make both sides equal so the scale is level.

A Pandai Mathematics simulation. Basics uses objects with hidden values; Lab adds variable tiles you can set from 0 to 10.

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