Abacus Tutorial: 1 Basic function

[preciousangela]

When Corona Virus strikes, I choose to learn abacus! Yeay 2020! :P

[tjoseph]

I thought these were Chinese percussion instruments. So much for my "instrument" collection.

[LFSPharaoh]

Kind of disappointed they never taught me this in school. I'm kinda young, but getting rather close to 30 I suppose. Even my early private education that was way ahead of the public education didn't mention a word about it. The Abacus almost reminds me of roman numerals in a weird way, that I can't quite put words to. I think everyone should learn it at some point because it's a different way of thinking, calculating, visualizing etc. I feel those parts of the brain are almost never activated in schools. It's another way we can show and prove an objective reality, through abstraction.

[pinklady]

I have just last week ordered an abacus like this. I can't wait to use it. It is a pity that I had never learned abacus in schools.

[piranhacupcake]

I saw an abacus being used to count in a comic book and became curious has to how they work. This was very well explained, I would now be able to use an abacus myself! Thank you for making this! :D

[Iknownothing]

Now this is the kind of video tutorials that the world need, simple, short, full intented information deliver 👍. Great vid.

[hellespont]

Finally today I learned what an abacus actually does!

[deefee]

I've always wanted to learn about the Chinese style abacus.

[JoeBieniecki]

Thanks for the simple and elegant explanation, very well done.
Came here because I want to build a robotic calculator using arduino + servos, you enter the numbers on a "normal" calculator pad and the servos move the abacus beads to give your answer. Completely frivolous device but it will be fun to build : )

[joetran]

When I was taught this as a little kid, we were given a table to learn it by heart...
And I was told that for a male to succeed in business, one should be able to use the abacus with the left hand and write with the right hand...

[mallisadubissette-munroe]

after trying to understand this for the last 2 hours, your video helped me in 3 mins...thanks

[abdulhaseeb]

Very simple but effective video. Thank you, just what I was looking for sir.

[smithraymond]

Hot tip: DO NOT bump the abacus, lol. 

[peachfreude]

Im happy that I finally able to understand how this thing works. Thank you, mister! That was a wonderful explanation.

[lindblalasskrivutvecklinga]

I also use a calculator but the abacus is a good tool for teaching the foundations of math. I also develops your thinking. A calculator don't.

[douglashaner]

I am 52 and remember using a smaller type in 1st grade.

[dang]

On 2022 this tutorial still useful to me, Thanks so much.

[dsdxdhj]

In daily life, It is more useful and less expensive than an electronic calculator except for school students.

[flippersthedolphin]

Thank you for this tutorial! I have been struggling to find a good tutorial for a Chinese abacus.

[mikenorman]

My cell phone has this cool feature it also lets me call your mom