**Step 1:** Imagine you have 3 big 🍎 apples lined up! 🍎 🍎 🍎 **Step 2:** To find $3!$, you multiply all numbers from 3 down to 1. $$3! = 3 \times 2 \times 1$$ **Step 3:** Let's multiply step by step: 3 apples 🍎 times 2 apples 🍎🍎 gives 6 apples 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 Then multiply by 1, which keeps it the same. **Step 4:** So, $3! = 6$ Great! That means $3!$ equals 6. 🎉