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🪨 Pebble Math Visualizer –

Mathematics becomes far easier when we see it instead of memorizing formulas. This entire lesson is built around the ancient and intuitive idea of calculating using pebbles.

If you ever learned addition by joining stones, or subtraction by removing them, this visualizer brings that same clarity to:

• ➕ Addition
• ➖ Subtraction
• ✖️ Multiplication
• ➗ Division & Remainder
• ! Factorials
• 🔀 Permutations
• 🎯 Combinations
• 🌿 Powers

Every concept is shown with colored pebbles and gentle animations—designed for students, self-learners, and visual thinkers.

🎬 Interactive Visualizer

Below is the full Pebble Math Visualizer. If you are using a phone, rotate to landscape for the best experience.

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🌟 Why Pebbles?

Humans understood numbers long before books were invented. We counted fruits, measured distance using footsteps, and visualized arithmetic using physical markers.

Pebbles are perfect because:

• They create instant visual memory
• Every rule becomes a pattern you can see
• Math turns into playful experimentation

This visualizer revives that natural learning style using clean saffron aesthetics.

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➕ Addition – Putting Pebbles Together

To compute a + b, the tool creates:

• A-row of a pebbles
• B-row of b pebbles
• A final row where both are joined

The final row animates, showing how combining two piles gives one larger pile.

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➖ Subtraction – Removing Pebbles

Start with a pebbles. Remove b pebbles visually. The removed ones turn grey.

This builds the intuition that subtraction simply removes items from a real pile.

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✖️ Multiplication – Repeated Addition

To compute a × b:

• The tool creates b rows
• Each row contains a pebbles

A simple but powerful idea: Multiplication is lots of additions done neatly in rows.

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➗ Division & Remainder – D3 Model

This is one of the most elegant visualizations in the tool.

To compute a ÷ b:

1. First lay out all a pebbles
2. Divide them into groups of size b
3. Each complete group gives one quotient pebble
4. Leftover pebbles form the remainder

This makes the rule a = b × q + r visually obvious.

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! Factorial – Building Step by Step

The factorial part shows how:

• 1! = 1
• 2! = 2
• 3! = 6
• 4! = 24

Each new pebble is inserted into every possible slot of previous permutations — beautifully animated.

Higher factorials grow too fast, so the visualizer summarizes them neatly.

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🔀 Permutations – Order Matters

For each stage k:

The new pebble k is inserted into every possible empty place of the previous permutations. This mirrors the natural growth of k!.

For n ≤ 4, all permutations are shown completely.

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🎯 Combinations – Choosing Without Order

We choose k pebbles out of n. Order does not matter, so {1,4,5} = {5,1,4}.

• Highlighted pebbles show the chosen set
• All combinations are listed when n ≤ 7
• Larger cases show the first few examples

The beauty of combinations is that the mind instantly sees why C(n, k) grows in a triangular pattern.

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🌿 Powers – a^b Visualized

To compute a^b, the visualizer shows:

• b boxes representing positions
• a choices inside each box
• Example sequences
• A branching tree (when small)

This reveals the meaning of exponents as “all possible sequences of choices.”

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🙏 Closing Thoughts

Mathematics becomes effortless when every formula has a picture behind it.

This Pebble Math Visualizer is designed for:

• students learning basics
• self-learners building intuition
• teachers who want visual clarity
• anyone who struggled with abstract symbols

Use it freely in your learning journey — it is part of the Programmer's Picnic mission to make education joyful.

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Soft Saffron • Visual Learning • Pebble Mathematics