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5 Great Reasons Why Children Should Learn Math Using an Abacus

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by terry

Reason #1: Number Sense and Basic Numeracy All students must develop a sense for numbers, what numbers represent, and basic fluency.

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How to Practice Every Abacus Bead Movement in One Exercise

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by terry

For this activity you will need to have completed all of the Skill Training program on RightLobeMath.com or know all

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What are the Foundations of Basic Numeracy and Number Sense?

Posted on February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 by terry

We all understand the importance of math education especially early math education. Math education is built on the foundations of

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Mental Math, We All Need It But How To Teach It?

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by terry

We all remember our teachers asking us to do math calculations in our head but not knowing really how to do it?

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Math More Than Reading Is the Best Predictor of Future Academic Achievement

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by terry

You might, as I did, find this article surprising if you have a young learner just about to enter kindergarten.

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How to Divide on an Abacus with a Two Digit Divisor?

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by terry

Now that we have learned Basic Division and Division with a Single Digit Divisor, let’s continue this time considering division

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How to Divide on the Abacus?

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by terry

We begin learning to perform long division on the abacus with a single digit divisor. Just like in the standard

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How to do Division with a Single Digit Divisor on the Abacus?

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by terry

If this is your first time doing division on the abacus please see a more basic example, How to Divide

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How to Multiply on an Abacus?

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by terry

Since multiplication is repeated addition, any multiplication problem can be solved on an abacus. To perform multiplication on an abacus,

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How to Multiply on the Abacus with a two digit multiplier?

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by terry

Let’s generalize what we did with Multiplication with Single Digit Multiplier to a multi-digit multiplier. In this case we will

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