1, Education and Teaching: Abacus is a very good teaching tool, especially for the primary school students who are learning mathematics. It can help children understand and master the concept of numbers, mathematical operation rules and the principles of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
2. Commercial and financial calculation: In the commercial and financial fields, abacus can be used for fast and accurate calculation, such as currency exchange, tax calculation and profit forecast. Abacus calculation has an intuitive operation mode, which can help people better understand and deal with the relationship between numbers.
3. Scientific research: In some scientific fields, such as astronomy, physics and statistics, abacus is also used for data processing and calculation. It can help scientists to perform complex numerical operations, such as measurement, data analysis and model derivation.
4. Mental arithmetic training: abacus can be used as a training tool to improve mental arithmetic ability. Mental arithmetic training with abacus can help people improve their attention, memory, calculation speed and mathematical thinking ability.
5. Inheritance of traditional culture: abacus has a long history and cultural tradition in China. Using abacus not only can calculate, but also represents a traditional culture and values. So many people will use abacus to preserve and inherit the traditional culture of China.
Benefits of using abacus
1, develop mathematical thinking: using abacus is helpful to cultivate and develop mathematical thinking ability. The abacus operation requires people to carry out thinking processes such as digital conversion, bit value understanding and operation rule application, thus promoting the improvement of thinking flexibility and mathematical logic ability.
2. Improve calculation efficiency: Compared with using paper and pencil or electronic calculator, using abacus can be faster and more efficient. Mastering the operation skills of abacus calculation skillfully can speed up the calculation, especially in a large number of repeated calculations or more complicated calculation scenarios.
3. Enhance attention and concentration: Using abacus requires a high degree of attention and concentration, because each step of operation needs to accurately handle the movement and calculation process of beads. Therefore, using abacus is helpful to train and improve attention and concentration, and cultivate the habit of concentration.