Defense Department school students at Yokosuka Naval Base observe as their Japanese counterparts rapidly calculate nine-digit ...

Abacus is an ancient calculating tool that can be used for various mathematical calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or even for basic counting. The design of this tool ...

In an ever-changing world, education must adapt to prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century. In a society where calculators and digital technologies are ubiquitous, mathematics ...

A teenager who once struggled with simple sums is now a maths whizz after using an ancient learning system. Dhruv Maheshwari, 16, was struggling at school when his mum started to tutor him using an ...

Ancient calculator to make a return as DfE pins maths catch up plan on abacus The Government is planning to buy abacuses for primary schools as part of Covid classroom drive to help children catch up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kid who was struggling at school is now a maths genius after his mum taught him to use an ABACUS - which she says can help today ...

Gabriella Sheh loves attending her after-school maths class on Sydney's north shore. The 10-year-old enjoys it for one reason in particular — the abacus. "I think it's probably heaps better than a ...

FORT LEE — For 10 seconds, a series of 50 random three-digit numbers flashed on the screen. After another second, abacus master Jeonghee Lee announced she'd finished the mental addition, correctly ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

It is often said that the reason Alfred Nobel did not endow one of his prizes in mathematics was because his wife was having an affair with a mathematician. While this story has been debunked it is ...