What is an abacus?
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What is an abacus?
Mathematics History:
Did you know that the Egyptians were the first people to develop a written numeral system? The Greeks and Romans also used early numeral systems that are different than the one we use today. The Arabic numerals that we use today were first used in Europe in the 1300s.
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View this answerAn abacus is actually a very early calculator!. Rather than having batteries and buttons like today's calculators, an abacus used counters or beads...
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Chapter 3 / Lesson 6Read the definition of an abacus and learn what an abacus does and how many different types of abacuses there are. See how the abacus led to modern computers.
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