The abacus is a computing device on which arithmetic calculations are performed by sliding counters (beads, pebbles, or flat discs) along rods, wires or lines. The instrument may have originated in ...
The Russian abacus (tchoty) is held so that counters move crosswise. It has no crossbar, and all counters in one row have the same value. Most rods have ten counters. An occasional row has fewer, to ...
Kids are learning math using the abacus hand method. This unique technique is based on old abacus calculators. The method involves assigning values to fingers. Math isn't everyone's strongest subject.
When her child turned one, Akiko decided to make a move. A Sydney-based Japanese abacus teacher Akiko (left) held an event with a Japanese national champion of Japanese abacus, who visited Sydney ...