How much do you know the abacus?
By youless
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
February 18, 2019 9:12pm CST
The abacus is a kind of ancient calculator tool in my country. Actually there is a competition. One uses the abacus and the other uses the calculator. Hard to believe that the abacus is even faster as you don't have to press the buttons like +-x/= and the answer will be shown directly after you toggle the abacus balls and this is why it can save time and work faster.
But today I think fewer people will use it. The computer already does the main job
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
20 Feb 19
@youless He had a friend who owned a store where he sold ancient Chinese and Japanese items, pieces of Japanese swords, Chinese statues, abacus. He bought several things. He is a fan of mathematics and he wanted to learn to use the Abacus. I hate numbers.
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
20 Feb 19
Been a long time since I even seen one and I am sure most people do not know what it is. It was a Great way to do Math problems and I can remember doing this in school. Gone is the long lost art for the most part of doing Math
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In fact I learned it when I was a child in the school but I forgot how to use it now.
