How Do You Use An Abacus Step-By-Step?
Have you ever seen a video or a picture of ancient people using an abacus to count? They slide wooden beads around to add and subtract numbers. But the abacus isn’t just an invention from the past. Many people still use the abacus today. It is a fun tool that performs the same basic function as a calculator, and some people adept with an abacus can even calculate the answer to a problem faster than a calculator can. Learn how to use an abacus yourself and amaze your friends. Lay the abacus horizontally in front of you with the side containing only one bead at the top, furthest away from you, and the side with four beads at the bottom, closest to you. The top beads stand for multiples of five, and the bottom beads stand for multiples of one. Enter a number into the abacus by starting on the right side using each row of beads to stand for one number. For example, to enter 1,254 the furthest row on the right would be the number 4, the row to the left of it would be 5, the row to the left
