Use the white pawn to solve equations such as 3x = -x + 4 and 2x-(-3x) = 12 + x.
About Hands-On Equations 2
Hands-On Equations 2 is an education app developed by Henry Borenson.
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Hands-On Equations 2 has been downloaded 1.7 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times.
User Ratings
Hands-On Equations 2 is rated 4.69 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 110 ratings.
App Information
Hands-On Equations 2 costs $4.95 to download. The APK download size is 83.31 MB. The latest version available is 3.1.2. The last update was on August 29, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Hands-On Equations 2 requires Android 2.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2013.
Description
This app is intended for students who have already completed Level 1 of Hands-On Equations.
In Level 2, the student learns how to solve equations involving the white pawn -- whose name is "star" -- as well as the blue pawn and the red cubes.
The white pawn is an unknown like the blue pawn. The value of the white pawn is the opposite of that of the blue pawn. Hence if x = 3, star = -3.
Since their sum is zero, when the white pawn and the blue pawn occur together on the same side of the scale they may be removed without affecting the balance.
The notation used for the white pawn is that of an x with a crossbar through it. It has the name of “star” since it looks like a star. Later on in the program the students learn to recognize “(-x)” as another name for star.
In Level 2 students learn to solve equations such as 4x+(-x)+1=2x+5 and 2x-(-x)=12.
A video introduction is provided for each lesson. (See the sample YouTube video at http://youtu.be/VFYQ47EAqZw.) Each video introduction is followed by two examples and ten exercises. It is essential for the student to view the lesson video prior to attempting the examples and exercises for that lesson.
Hands-On Equations is the ideal introduction to algebra for elementary and middle school students. Not only will students have fun and be fascinated with the program, their sense of self-esteem will be dramatically enhanced as they experience success with sophisticated algebraic equations.
High school students struggling with algebra will likely experience success and understanding for the first time as they work with this app.
The video instruction for each lesson will enable the user to continue with the success and enjoyment they had with the Level 1 app as they solve even more challenging equations!
More information on Hands-On Equations can be found at www.borenson.com and on YouTube.
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Excellent A really great teaching tool. I'm using it to prepare for my math placement test, and I'm extremely satisfied.
★★★★★A Google User· Dec 27, 2014
Absolutely Love it! I love these! Own all 3! My only recommendation would be, make expansion packs for each series that we can purchase additionally. No videos, or tutorials, but more problems to solve, for those of us who'd like to keep the information fresh and practice with more available problems! Provide expansion packs with 100 problems or so from each series, 1, 2, and 3 individually, that we can purchase additionally! 5 bucks or so for each of the series relative expansion packs, with additional problems for us to work out and have fun with, would be 15 dollars more for each potential user to purchase. Either way, I love these apps! Thanks for an incredible way to make the Algebra I missed in school, so incredibly easy to understand! Highly recommended to any and all who want to understand the hidden simplicity of Algebra, that seemed like a confusing mystery to so many of us before :)
★★★★★Alley Morgan· Mar 29, 2018
Amazing way to capture algebra. The visual approach to complicated mathematical equations is a very power tool.
★★★★★A Google User· Jan 8, 2015
Hands on Equations 2 Challenging way to learn Algebra. That helps to uncomplicated things.
★★☆☆☆Diehly DeWolf· Apr 20, 2017
Lesson 10 exercise 2 is a bunch of crap! Considering we must pay for this app, they should at leadr give us hints or show us where we went wrong.
★★☆☆☆Scottie m· Apr 7, 2017
Lesson 14 video doesn't explain how to do the example problems. Stuck on example B.
★☆☆☆☆rwanzo1· Mar 19, 2020
There are two problems that can not be solved. I asked the owner to make the corrections, and he refused to do this and refund my money. I did write that address and nothing was done.
★★☆☆☆Mark Reis· Aug 13, 2016
More frustrating When you get the equation to balance. You have the wrong answer?
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Oct 22, 2014
Its very bad my childhood is now ruind Its bad
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