Benefits of Abacus My child has made significant progress after learning the abacus. I can appreciate the advantages of the abacus as a parent and hope to pass them on to other children. VISUALIZATION Learning Abacus improves one’s ability to visualize. Visualization is a by-product of the functioning of the right brain. This indicates that the Abacus enhances the right side of the brain by incorporating the ability to visualize images. SPEED By moving the beads that catch their attention, the abacus allows children to solve problems using an instrument rather than a piece of paper. T ..read more

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What is 2 hand abacus? IPA Two hand abacus Scientifically when we use our left hand right side of the brain will be activated when we use our right hand left side of the brain gets activated. But IPA abacus insists the children to use both the hands and as a result both left and right side of the brain gets activated simultaneously. As a result of this, child improves in Concentration Accuracy Memory power Photographic memory Speed Overall academic performance. 1 hand abacus vs 2 hand abacus: Traditional abacus method uses only right hand to move the beads and as a result only left side of ..read more

HOW DOES ABACUS WORK ? Below we will see how to use the abacus. First of all abacus should be kept on flat surface so that the beads don’t move and change position when the child works on the instrument.. Abacus is a tool with 5 beads in each bar fixed on a wooden frame. There is a horizontal bar which separates one bead at the upper portion from the 4 beads at the lower portion. Kids are taught the value of beads, place value etc at the first place followed by manipulating the beads up and down while doing the calculations. Holding the abacus , pencils and finger movements play a vital ro ..read more

DOES ABACUS HELP IN LEARNING MATHS ? Is abacus useful in maths. Very interesting question. When we say abacus it means we are talking about a tool with beads fixed for basic arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction multiplication and division by manipulating the beads. Abacus is taught as early as 5 years old for the children once they can recognise and write numbers from 1 to 100. Abacus learning is the best way to improve the arithmetic skills. It helps the children to develop interest and passion in maths at an early age.. Not only it helps them to become proficient in maths but a ..read more

How to do abacus fast ? Basically a person has to learn a skill there are some rules and procedures to be followed to get the best results. For example a child has to learn dance, swim or cycling, he/she is taught the basic movements of hands, legs body etc as per requirements. Unless the child understand and follow the rules thoroughly it cannot master it. Same way for abacus also children are taught the sitting posture, position of abacus, hand and finger movements etc. This we call the tricks to learn the skill. Easiest way to learn abacus is focus, learn the tricks first followed by le ..read more

CAN ABACUS DO DIVISION? What is Division? It is the opposite function of Multiplication. Once children are thorough with Multiplication tables 1 to 9 they can do wonders in abacus method. Normally we take into account the number of digits in dividend and the number of digit in the divisor to work on the abacus when we teach division. Normally the divisor is not put in any of the rods. The value of dividend should be placed on the rod considering the number of digits as mentioned above and children should start solving the problem. Final answer can be read in the abacus once done. IPA has a ..read more

Can abacus be used for multiplication? We will see below how we use abacus for multiplication. For example we take 48 x 3. The total number of digits are 3, hence we start our answers from the third rod. First we multiply 4 x 3 and put the value from 3rd rod or 100’s place we call it. Then we multiply 8 and 3 and add in the value i.e 120 we have put in the abacus already. Hence the answer is 144. Multiplication tricks are nothing but the number of digits in multiplicand and number of digits in the multiplier are taken’ together for rod selection which enables the children to visualize and ..read more

Are abacus and calculator the same? Is abacus and calculator considered same since both do the same operations. No, a person well versed in abacus can never agree to this point. Calculator is an electronic device which can be used by any layman also easily without much effort and it does only the mathematical calculations. But abacus is a skill which can be developed by learning systematically and practicing. It is a brain development program which improves the logical and analytical thinking, concentration, speed, accuracy, memory, confidence etc other than mental calculations. Children w ..read more

how abacus is used for calculation ? Abacus is a simple tool. It is made up of wooden frame with vertical rods, 5 beads in each rod separated by a bar horizontally in between 4th and 1st bead. We will look at the abacus calculative method here. Each bead has got value. The beads are moved up and down for calculation purpose and 34 formulas are used for calculations which are known as CALCULATION TRICKS. Certain procedures are to be followed for using the abacus. First and foremost thing is abacus should be placed on a smooth flat surface. The upper one bead and lower 4 beads should be move ..read more