Learn Abacus at Home: Learning the abacus is an important step in a child’s development. It is a fantastic way to improve mental math skills, concentration, and overall cognitive abilities. In this ...

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The abacus, that ancient, no-batteries-required, bead-based calculator, is making a comeback in after-school programs across Canada. The schools, which are modelled after programs common across India ...

The world is recalculating the abacus' added historical and contemporary value since the device was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List last month. Xu Lin reports. New interest in the ancient ...

UXBRIDGE — With nothing more than a pen and paper, 15-year-old Michael Hardock calculates four sets of two-digit multiplication questions in a matter of seconds. After finishing he looks up with a ...

Schools in Japan are bringing the abacus back to class, it's reported. Some teachers have been reintroducing a version of the traditional counting tool - the soroban - to help young people think ...

More than 200 students at Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce have applied to take a course in how to use a Chinese abacus. Such lessons were once mandatory at the university, but they were phased ...