Hanging Around

Students use hangers to represent equations and then determine unknown values that balance each hanger.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 6th Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today's Goals  • Make connections between balanced hangers and true equations. • Use balanced hangers to explain how to solve equations of the form `x+p=q` and `px=q`. • Interpret hanger diagrams that represent equations of the form `x+p=q` and `px=q`. (Speaking, Listening, and Writing) Additional Materials clothes on hangers (as needed)