Abacus is an ancient calculating tool that can be used for various mathematical calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or even for basic counting. The design of this tool ...

They warn that while abacuses may look simple, the beaded counting tools are not easy to use properly and teachers would need proper training. If not, the devices could just gather dust on shelves, or ...

A teenager who once struggled with simple sums is now a maths whizz after using an ancient learning system. Dhruv Maheshwari, 16, was struggling at school when his mum started to tutor him using an ...

Japan is one of the most high tech nations in the world, yet even so a million Japanese children a year learn to calculate using a mechanical, pocket-sized contraption that has been around for ...

Vinaya Kulkarni said she believes she has the program that will help grade-school age children gain confidence and competence in arithmetic. Kulkarni is the founder and head teacher of Abacus West, ...

Gabriella Sheh loves attending her after-school maths class on Sydney's north shore. The 10-year-old enjoys it for one reason in particular — the abacus. "I think it's probably heaps better than a ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

FORT LEE — For 10 seconds, a series of 50 random three-digit numbers flashed on the screen. After another second, abacus master Jeonghee Lee announced she'd finished the mental addition, correctly ...

It is often said that the reason Alfred Nobel did not endow one of his prizes in mathematics was because his wife was having an affair with a mathematician. While this story has been debunked it is ...