June 2015
Number line algebra
by Bret Victor
An interactive representation of the algebraic equation
3x + 14 = 5x + 6
The orange boxes are "x". Adjust until the two rows are the same lengtth.
06/25/15
Toby Schachman
Re: [journal][long] proceedings of the interaction design conference
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I like it a lot but it bugs me that...
06/25/15
Dave Cerf
Re: [journal][long] proceedings of the interaction design conference
Here are proportionally accurate versions revealing that 6 is a bit larger than x. To...
06/25/15
Paula
Re: [journal][long] proceedings of the interaction design conference
oh, i didn't even notice that x is not actually 6. ha. I apologize for not showing...
06/26/15
Bret Victor
Re: [journal][long] proceedings of the interaction design conference
Here's a quick interactive version of the number line algebra thing....