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Counting us Fun on an Abacus

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Ancient Tool Actively Used in Modern Times

The Abacus provides countable beads for children to visualize numbers on a base-10 system. The children learn to manipulate those beads to perform arithmetic calculations such as addition and division.

What Is An Abacus?

Etymology

The word is derived from the Greek word ‘abax’, meaning “calculating board” or “calculating table”.

Usage

It is still commonly used today across certain Asian communities.

Invention

The first Abacus was Invented around 500 B.C. The Abacus, as we know it today, was used around 1300 A.D

First Computer

Often referred to as the first computer, the Abacus is an instrument used to add, subtract, multiply and divide, to calculate fractions and square roots.

What is Visual Math?

Visual math is the essential building block that replaces the physical Abacus in the child’s mind. As the children gradually learn to visualise the Abacus in their mind (virtual Abacus), they learn to calculate mathematical problems using the principles of the Abacus, without the use of the physical tool.

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