A fifth grader using a soroban to solve complex multiplicaton and division.
The soroban can enable one to calculate faster than the electronic calculator.
AS a kid, I watched in fascination as my father’s fingers flicked and slid the beads up and down the vertical rods of a suan puan (Chinese abacus).
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