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An Abacus is a device to help do math.It is basically a frame with rods and beads in the rods.One rod will represent ones,the next tens, then hundreds,then thousands.You move the beads up when you want to add and down when you want to subtract.
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An Abacus is kind of like an old fashioned calculator that is used to add and subtract. (There Is an Image). There are at least 100 beads. If I wanted to do 100 - 7, I would move 7 beads over to the other side. Leaving me with 93.
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What does an abacus have?
An Abacus has beads and strings.
What is full form of ABACUS?
ABACUS is a name of a calculating apparatus - it is not an acronym.
Function of abacus?
An abacus is an ancient form of the modern day calculator.
What two types of abaci were directly derived from the Chinese abacus?
If you are refering to Chinese abacus their earliest rudimentary design of abacus has 1/4 rod beads (quite similar to the later Japanese soroban abacus). Various other types of abacus design were also seen afterwards, but the advance type of 2/5 rod beads became standard and classic. Afterwards, the basic 1/5 rod beads particularly became the type of basic design. The Roman abacus may be not connected to the Chinese abacus.
How big is an abacus?
They come in various sizes, but a typical abacus is about eight inches square.
What is the function of abacus?
An abacus is a calculation aid, it stores one number and helps the user rapidly perform addition and subtraction. Highly skilled abacus users can also do multiplication and division and sometimes more involved calculations, but such calculations become progressively more labor intensive and time consuming and the abacus cannot assist the user further.
Which country invented the abacus?
China invented the abacus .
How does abacus function?
By the user moving little beads along bars . different amounts of beads stand for different numbers .
How do you say abacus in Hindi?
ABACUS
Disadvantage of an abacus?
disadvantage of abacus
How did the abacus occur?
How did the abacus occur?
What does an abacus have?
An Abacus has beads and strings.
What was the first abacus?
The Chinese abacus
What is the history of the abacus?
the history about the abacus is that 3000 years ago the chinese invented the abacus. The abacus was made of wood parrelel rod and beads.
First known counting device?
it is the abacus. :D :D :D i got is dummies
What was the next comp after abacus?
The abacus II!
Who invnted abacus?
the Chinese invented the abacus
