A Japanese abacus (soroban) In the nineteenth and twentieth century, Asian government officials and scholars who visited the United States sometimes brought abaci as gifts. Some of these presents made ...

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan ...

We chose to build two abaci from different cultures in order to compare them: the Russian (Schoty) abacus and the Japanese (Soroban) abacus. The Russian abacus was made specifically for counting ...

Aaryan Shukla's mental maths skills stunned one and all, including Anand Mahindra. Can the technique turn your child into a ...

Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus. While the sound of sliding beads making clacking sounds on a small wooden frame ...

What’s her secret? Studying the Japanese abacus, a mathematical calculation tool known as soroban, she told an interviewer before the show. Abacus classes are a common, if not necessarily ...

The centuries-old abacus, once a common tool in many countries, has now been abandoned around the world. But in Japan, thousands of students are still taught proficiency on the abacus. Advocates ...