Abacus Lesson 3 // Simple Addition (#'s 0-5 only) ONES'S column// Step by Step // Tutorial Video Lecture | Abacus Master Class:Become an Expert (English) - Personal Learning

Abacus
Lesson Number Three
Simple Addition Using
without the five
so, so far, we've learned how to use the
abacus
how to care for the abacus, how to clear the abacus
and how to count with the abacus
now we are ready to take just a little baby step of
adding with the abacus
alright, so you remembered that we have...
that we're always going to start
in this column right here
this is called the ONE'S column
and this is where we always use the
numbers
zero through nine
right now
the abacus is reading zero
now it says one
and since you've already counted up to a
million
you probably already know how to put
almost any number on this abacus
So now we're going to do a simple- VERY
simple addition
we are going to do the addition
problem of
1 + 3
now it should be a piece of cake (really easy) anybody
can do it
if you are
younger, this may be
reasonably challenging. If you have NOT done this before it maybe a baby step.
I don't know where you are (with math)
But let's just... here's how you do it. So here's
the number one and we're going to add
three to it
Wow! There it is
we now have the number four
Let's do 2 + 1
Two plus one.
is three
OK, let's do a tough one.
How about 0+2
well right now it's reading zero and if
I do + 2
there it is
0 + 2 is 2
alright, how about...
How about this....Let's see if I can trick you.
1+1
there's one
plus one
I just slide up a another
so you may have realized by now, hopefully you have caught on to this from the last lesson
and into this one
a number, or bead, only gets counted when it moves
up toward the center beam right now
when we add (+) we move beads toward the
beam
So, we say:
1
1+
1+1
1+1=2
We are moving beads toward the beam
to add them
So just one more to finish it off.
3
3+1
3+1=4
all four beads are moved toward this
beam
to be counted
and we have the number four
now i know this is relatively simple
but it's a good thing to grasp and get
used to
so at this point
go and print off your worksheet
and work through the problems that are
on there using your abacus to solve them
even though you may be able to do them
in your head
still move through them with your fingers and get used to the feel of the abacus
and how to add
just getting used to moving the beads
around to solve this problem