THE KEY to doing number sentences is in the picture below!.
	What can you learn from this picture? It's all about BALANCE, right? .
	Number sentences are like a seesaw on a playground! Think of the pivot point as the = sign It's all about making things balance... What you have on one side of the = sign, you must have on the other side!
	Remember: What you have on one side of the = sign, you must have on the other!
	. It's all about balance! .
	Look at the sentence below:
	How could we get this sentence to balance? Can you find at least 2 ways to make the sentence true?
	. Here's one way!
	We did what we had to so we could have 9 on both sides of the = sign!
	Here's another way to make the sentence balance!
	Again, we just made the numbers the same ON BOTH SIDES OF THE = SIGN!
	Here's a new wrinkle on the same idea! The square will stand for a missing number.
	Always remember: It's all about BALANCE!
	. VERY FIRST THING: What do we have on the LEFT side of the = sign? 7 + 2 = 9 The Left Side of the Sentence = 9 We know that if the LEFT side = 9, the RIGHT side must also = 9!
	It looks like this! ......
	Now the question is becoming easier, isn't it?
	When you can, ALWAYS put the question into other words!
	This question is asking, "What number + 3 equals 9?"
	or "What do you have to add to 3 to get 9?"
	. Well, 6 + 3 = 9. The missing number must be 6, right? Let's see if it balances. .
	We have solved it! Here's the problem again: This is the same as saying: We can move things around if it helps us to see them better. Now we ask, "What number must we add to 3 to get 9? This is true! 3 + 6 does equal 9! We know that to BALANCE the sentence, Now it makes sense! Do the Math! That is the same thing as saying Now that's what I call BALANCE!
	And that is really all you have to remember when attacking number sentences!