Thank you for this! As I get older (61 yrs.) I realize it is ever so important to use and explore to no limit the capacity that’s present in the brain....calculating numbers and using outside devices that help the brain to keep working and figuring out....
Same! I’m also 40 (albeit you’re probably 41 since this is a year old) lol. I have never understand the abacus before and I’ve tried other tutorial videos.
Thank you for this! I am 50 years old and I never understood how to use an abacus. When I was in first grade they were phasing them out, but we would slide the balls from One side to the other. Now the abacus has meaning!
I'm 71 and I remember ONE teacher introducing the Abacus to the class, and we never heard from it again. We were discouraged from counting on our fingers, so I guess the Abacus was a no-no, too.
Thank you very much for your hard work🙏. None of the other tutorials I watched showed any help. Like they just tell us what is an abacus, what it's name means, it's history and all other useless things😒. Your'e tutorial is the only video I understood and I hope you will be able to help more begginers in the future. You earned yourself a subscriber.
Hi I'm 13 and in 7th grade and I have a math final coming up and I am so nevervous about it so naturaly I thought about cheating so I was thinking about creative ways to so that I wouldn't get caught and I was like what if I make an abacus out of bracelets on my arm and then I was like well how do I use one and you taught me thank you now I will pass seventh grade
This was a fabulous, easy to follow explanation of how to use an abacus. Using a 10 bead frame definitely made it easier to follow the the process for multiplication and division. The Japanese and Chinese abacus are based on the same principle it’s just the way assign value to the beads is slightly different (needing less beads). The Chinese abacus can use a hexadecimal base as well as a 10 base.
Back for more. I just bought one. The abacus, according to the Wiki page for the computer, was one of the earliest calculating machines, and therefore, one of the earliest computers.
This is great. Really clear. When you do multiplication do you really need the top row? You could just (for 5x3) say aloud, "One," and slide a group of 3 on the bottom rung to the right, "Two," and slide another group of 3, etc, etc.
Here I am looking for abacus tutorials so I can relearn maths. Can’t believe I see these all the time and never really knew how to use one. I’m 32. I love RU-vid .
Very good video! I only recently found my interest and love for both the 10bit(bead) abacus as well as the soroban. You explained division very well, I like that. My brain on multiplication does to not count the beads on top from your left to right, but rather sets them in the first place and then I reduce them while multiplying from right to left, because in multiplication there can't be a rest left! So I stop once the top is "clear" and the bottom shows the result. With division I do it like you showed it, because then you can easily read how many times a number went into another. Maybe this helps someone, kudos!
Hi, great video - i learned a great new skill by watching. But can I ask, do you have any info on how to calculate decimals and percentages on this abacus? Thanks.
Hi there . Thank you for the video interesting How can a kid learn how to learn mentally. I know that using Abacus is helpful. Can you tell me pls what kind of Abacus is the best as they are many. Waiting for your answer. Thanks again
I suspected this came from Canada, because of the annoying accent [Wisconsin, you are now off the hook!], and, as soon as he referred to a dollar as a "loony", my suspicion was confirmed ... and, I navigated away. You should follow.
