Based on their behavior, it looks like fewer bigger ones. Otherwise they could just sit around pairing up pebbles all day and that would be ideal.
Either that, or they need to use bigger heaps to accommodate all the pebbles, because otherwise you begin stacking the heaps, and that doesn’t do at all.
Is it better to make more smaller heaps, or fewer bigger ones?
Based on their behavior, it looks like fewer bigger ones. Otherwise they could just sit around pairing up pebbles all day and that would be ideal.
Either that, or they need to use bigger heaps to accommodate all the pebbles, because otherwise you begin stacking the heaps, and that doesn’t do at all.