What is Flash Anzan?
Flash anzan is the term to describe a very popular global mental math competition where contestants must add numbers shown consecutively on a screen within a specified time period. The current flash anzan world record is correctly adding 15, three digit numbers in 1.6s! This means each 3 digit number is displayed on the screen
How We Teach Arithmetic And So Much More Using The Abacus
For many the use of an abacus to teach children, or adults, arithmetic is not well known or understood. Since the abacus originated in Asia thousands of years ago, the abacus and its use are common knowledge in that part of the world. This doesn’t mean that all Asians are skilled abacus users. It simply
What To Do If No Sound In Audible Mental Training
Some users have encountered the situation where they do not hear any voice while attempting to run an audible mental training session. In most cases the reason for this issue is the browser and the underlying operating system have lost communication. Here a few simple steps you can try to get audibles working again. All
Counting Is The Basis For Learning Math
Learning to count is important for all children in developing their math skills. The idea of number sense is the basis for all later math learning. Counting is a companion skill to numerosity which is the ability to discriminate sets of objects on the basis of quantity of items. Learning to count is a first
How Are Numbers Taught in Asia Compared to Western Countries?
When it comes to early math education, learning basic numeracy and developing a sense of numbers, Asian children consistently outperform their peers in the West. Many have looked into the intricacies of early math education in countries like China, Japan, and Korea. Without getting too deep into the research, let’s look at a few simple contrasting
Generate the Famous Fibonacci Sequence on The Abacus!
This is a transcript of the video. In this video we are going to take a look at an interesting activity using our soroban to generate the famous Fibonacci Number Sequence. Any term in the sequence is generated by summing the two previous terms. To generate term #7 which is the number 13, you would
The Abacus – A Math Manipulative Students Will Use for Life
Teachers in schools around the world experiment with lots of different math manipulatives to help children visualize and conceptualize the meaning of numeric symbols and basic math operations. We use number dice, cards, tiles and boards, connecting rods and blocks, two color counters and ten frames, number lines, place value blocks, dominoes and shape counters.
Build Calculation Speed Practicing the 10 Pair Complements
The main method of addition and subtraction on the abacus is understanding and using the 5 complement pairs of 10, i.e. pairs of numbers that add to 10. There are only 5 complement pairs in our base 10 numbering system: 9 and 1, 8 and 2, 7 and 3, 6 and 4, and 5 and 5. The faster
Take a Multi-Sensory Approach to Learn Arithmetic with Abacus Math
When we think about learning and learning efficiency we must consider how the brain receives information from the outside world. Most learning information we receive comes to us through our senses. We also know that the more different ways we can experience learning the deeper the learning experience. So what if we thought about learning
An Effective Mental Math Tool – The Paper Abacus or Kami Soroban
This is an introduction to using a mental math tool called the Kami Soroban or Paper Soroban. The Kami Soroban will help students develop strong mental images of the abacus bead movements used to during mental calculation. As students progress through their abacus math training, they naturally develop the ability to visualize all the same
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