To: rarestia
Besides figuring things out in your head, we were taught how to do math on an abacus when I was in grammar school back in the early 50’s.
5 posted on
05/18/2021 10:19:04 AM PDT by
mass55th
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To: mass55th
We learned about the abacus, and it was offered as an option during tests; but most folks didn’t understand it. I used it quite a bit, and I can still do math in my head while visualizing those little disks/beads.
7 posted on
05/18/2021 10:20:06 AM PDT by
rarestia
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