KOAT Albuquerque: There's no ideal number of steps to take every day, after all There's no ideal number of steps to take every day, after all Whether you balance by hand, by logic, or with help from Symbolab’s Chemistry Calculator, you are learning to see patterns in the invisible work of the universe. Take your time, check your steps, and know that each equation you balance brings a little more clarity to the story chemistry is trying to tell.