Balance diagram

[leanne.d86]

Hello

My Son received this question in an assessment at school and got it wrong. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Can anyone help solve it please? I would think the bottom right circle would be 3 since it is balanced. Apart from that, my brain is fried trying to figure it out. There are none in any of the textbooks for his level.

 

[blamocur]

I would think the bottom right circle would be 3 since it is balanced

I agree. What would be the weight of the next empty circle to the left?

 

[The Highlander]

Hello

My Son received this question in an assessment at school and got it wrong. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Can anyone help solve it please? I would think the bottom right circle would be 3 since it is balanced. Apart from that, my brain is fried trying to figure it out. There are none in any of the textbooks for his level.

It strikes me that there may be TWO possible answers (52 or 53) depending on what you are supposed to do with this type of problem.

It looks to me as though there must be further information in the original question or the your son must have been shown what is required in class prior to the assessment.

My alternatives...

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Hope that helps