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BTN: What is an abacus?

Video BTN: What is an abacus?

TLF ID M021154

An abacus is a tool that helps people solve maths problems. Why might some people still use, and encourage the use of, an abacus when there are more contemporary tools like calculators?

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Year level

1; 2; 3; 4

Topics Abacuses Number operations Tools Mathematics Problem solving Place value Commutativity Distributivity Associativity Skip counting Grouping (Counting)
Learning area
  • Mathematics

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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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