Make mathematical thinking visible.
Visual Maths Builder helps teachers create clear, classroom-ready representations. Generate examples, use your own values and reveal the mathematics one thought at a time.
Start with the whole.
See VMB in action
Move from question to model, one thought at a time.
Watch Visual Maths Builder turn classroom questions into clear, staged representations. Each example is designed to reveal the mathematical structure gradually, so pupils can focus on the reasoning rather than just the final answer.
Built for classroom explanation
Build the explanation, one idea at a time.
A finished diagram shows a result. A carefully sequenced model can reveal the reasoning. VMB follows the same meaningful stages a teacher might build on the board.
Start with the ratio structure.
Learning happens when pupils think
Understanding grows through noticing, questioning and connecting.
VMB is designed to support explanation and classroom discussion, helping pupils attend to structure, make connections and reason about why the mathematics works.
Available now
Ready to use in the classroom.
Generate, customise and present visual examples.
Choose a generator, create a random example or enter your own values, then reveal the representation and working at the pace your class needs.
- Generated and custom examples
- Step-by-step model construction
- Presentation Mode
- Example history
- Designed for desktop, tablet and phone
- Currency and non-currency examples
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Available now and coming soon
Explore the growing collection
Fraction of an Amount, Reverse Fraction of an Amount, Sharing in a Ratio, Ratio — One Share Known, Ratio — Difference Given, Whole Number Plus Whole Number, Decimal Plus Decimal, Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of Ten, Division by a Single Digit, Exploding Dots, Addition with Integers and Area of a Rectangle are available now, with more generators in development. Each generator uses the same clear interface while providing representations and teaching sequences designed specifically for its mathematics.
Created for the classroom
Every generator begins with the mathematics.
Visual Maths Builder is created by a secondary mathematics teacher in Scotland. It grew from a simple aim: to make high-quality mathematical representations easier to construct, present and discuss during lessons.
Feedback from classroom teachers is helping to shape the project as it develops.
The project is being developed around classroom practice, mathematical structure and the belief that technology should support pupils’ thinking rather than replace it.
Ready to see the maths?