Since the dawn of human beings on this earth, human beings have encountered too many situations in which they have to calculate and manipulate to survive in this world. Although those situations have got complex with the lapse of time and led to many new inventions for the convenience of calculations. This development process has many stages. It relates back to the prehistoric time and the first stage of development involves the construction of abacus. This background is of specific educational importance to all the private math tutors and parents of the enrolled children as well as the children who attend the abacus math for kids lessons at any of the two Math Genie schools in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America. The Abacus is a device used for the purpose of calculation. It is a simple device with a frame and a rod horizontally attached to the frame and beads placed on the parallel rods. The horizontal rod divides the frame into two parts. This device can be used for the arithmetical calculations and is time saving. The history of abacus is as old as the counting problem itself. The traces of abacus have been found to the two thousand four hundred B.C. Many civilizations developed their own versions of abacus. Firstly the calculations were done on the sun dried wooden frame with the help of sand sprayed over the frame, some stick or finger was used to write on the sand and after finishing the calculation that sand was thrown off or probably reset with the help of hand. After some time a device with the wooden frame and beads attached to its rods was invented and this form of abacus can also be seen today. It is still used in some Asian countries and in some Latin American countries. Even today some clerks and small businessmen in those countries prefer to use abacus and do calculations quickly than their counterparts using electronic calculators. It also helps to teach young children perform their arithmetic calculations especially multiplication as this causes a lot of problem to young children and abacus makes it easy to perform. Abacus is also used to teach blind children to perform arithmetical calculations while other students learn the same things on paper. Some errors can encounter while calculating on abacus if one is not well trained but this can also happen with paper functions. Throughout history man has developed too many types of abaci. Many civilizations have contributed to this world’s asset and hence made their mark in the development of mathematics. Babylonians used abacus as early as two thousand four hundred B.C. Chinese used abacus. Mayan Civilization also used abacus, their abacus is also thought to be the first device with counters that were strung on parallel rods. It is the Aztec Abacus and known as the Nepohualtzitzin in the tenth century. Visit Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors to contact Math Genie and enroll your child to improve their math ability. To learn more about math for kids provided by Math Genie in South Plainfield and East Brunswick New Jersey USA visit this link Math For Kids Problems Abacus Lessons Everyday Cool Games Private Tutors.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:39:29 +0000
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