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To become a skilled operator, children have to spend atleast 30 minutes a day during the course of learning. Like any other skill, Practice is the key factor to master Abacus. The red color movable buttons are called beads and the movement of these beads represent numbers. The upper block constitute of only 1 bead and lower block constitutes of 4 beads in each rod. Soroban is a horizontally structured Abacus that has 2 blocks. The upper block constitutes 2 beads and lower block constitutes 5 beads in each rod. The Suanpan is a horizontally structured Abacus that has 2 blocks. Apart from this model, a Chinese version of Abacus was used in ancient times which was called as Saunpan Abacus.

Soroban Abacus is the traditional Japanese model of Abacus used for performing basic arithmetic operations. The beads in the upper part are the Upper Beads or the Heaven Beads.The beads in the lower part are the Lower Beads or the Earth Beads.The abacus is divided into the upper and the lower part by a horizontal bar called the Beam.The abacus which we are using has 17 rods.

The boundary on all 4 sides of the abacus is called the Frame.

Mind calculation enhances the concentration level of child.

Effective in cracking competitive time based tests.

‘Mental arithmetic’ improves student’s imagination skills.

Even large numbers can be calculated in mind, that too within seconds.

‘Mental Arithmetic’ is a term used in Abacus for the calculations done in mind.

Highly effective in improving the concentration level of children.

Researches prove that Abacus learners use both sides of the brain- left hemisphere & right hemisphere.

Children do fast calculations in mind by visualizing Abacus bead movements.

One of the most popular calculating methods from ancient times.

It consists of a rectangular frame holding a number of vertically arranged rods, on which beads slide up and down. Calculation based on abacus was invented in the ancient times and now widely used as a brain development programme. Abacus is a simple tool or a hardware used for performing rapid arithmetic calculations.