Have you ever seen an abacus?
The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for elementary calculating.
We were in shopping last week (for buying a curtain) and the seller used an abacus for calculating the price. It was really amazing that he still used Abacus instead of calculator.
He was an old man and I took a photo from him abacus.
It is his abacus picture:
Comments
Nice memorise dear Sewar :)
Oh my dear, really you took me back to the warm memories with your abacus. These memories have been stuck in my mind since I was 5 years old. Our neighbor’s son, who was 8 years old, used to steal his father’s abacus to lure me to play with him. Thanks for the memories.
It is really amazing that it is still in schools!
In Japanese, the abacus is called "soroban". Even with the proliferation, practicality, and affordability of pocket electronic calculators, the use of soroban is still taught in Japanese primary schools as a part of mathematics.
and recently a system called UC MAS,is a program is designed to boost brain power and stimulate young minds (for children between 4 and 12 years age) using abacus and mental arithmetic in a way that children find engaging and fun.
In Iran we have this institute too, نوآوران راه ابریشم
Thanks friends, for your comments :)
My grandfather is a master on use abacus!He was an accountant!We had learn how to use it when we were in primary school.
hi dear sahar
my grandpa has one .that is for his father
you can imagine how much is old :)
hahahahhhahh maybe we will have one when we become elder :)
I learned it when I was a child.
I must buy it for my niece this year!
:)