Download or read book The Japanese Abacus Explained written by Yōzō Yoshino and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Japanese Abacus Use Theory written by Takashi Kojima and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese Abacus & Theory book is easy to follow, and gives the reader step-by-step directions on how to use it correctly while applying it to practical use. The imperfect numerical notation and scarcity of suitable writing materials in ancient times are presumed to have given rise to need for devices of mechanical calculation. While the definite origin of the abacus is obscure, there is some reason for believing that its earliest form reckoning table covered with sand or fine dust, in which figures were drawn with a stylus, to be erased with the figure when necessary. Though the Abacus is an older tool for calculation it still is used today in Japan taking on a different name called Soroban. Though the Japanese Abacus or Soroban may appear mysterious or even primitive to those raised in the age of pocket calculators and desktop computers, this intriguing tool is capable of amazing speed and accuracy. It is still widely used throughout the shops and markets of Asia, and its popularity shows no sign of decline. Here for the first time in English is a complete explanation of how to use the abacus.
Download or read book Learn to Do Math With Soroban a Japanese Abacus written by Sai Speed Math Academy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to add, subtract, multiply, divide and find square roots with this easy to use instruction guide. There are many sample problems with step-by-step instructions. The illustrations make it easy to follow along with the descriptions. Practice and perfect skills as you learn with the numerous practice problems given at the end of each chapter.
Download or read book How to Use a Japanese Abacus written by Paul Green and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will teach you step-by-step how to perform addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, square roots and practical examples on a Japanese abacus. Great for both children and adults. Clearly explained with text and pictures throughout every stage of your calculation.
Download or read book Advanced Abacus written by Takashi Kojima and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy guide will take abacus users from beginner to master level in a very short time. Though the Japanese abacus may appear mysterious or even primitive, this intriguing tool is capable of amazing speed and accuracy. it is still widely used throughout the shop and markets of Asia and its popularity shows no sign of decline. This volume is designed for the student desiring a greater understanding of the abacus and its calculative functions. The text provides thorough explanations of the advanced operations involving negative numbers, decimals, different units of measurement, and square roots. Diagrams illustrate bead manipulation, and numerous exercises provide ample practice. Concise and easy-to-follow, this book will improve your abacus skills and help you perform calculations with greater efficiency and precision.
Download or read book Abacus Mind Math Instruction Book Level 1 written by Sai Speed Math Academy and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abacus Mind Math Instruction Book Level 1 (for teachers and parents): Goal for Level - 1 Addition - without carryover problems Subtraction - without borrowing problems Topics covered: Basics of abacus How to do mind math How to do dictation 5 exchange concepts explained in detail with examples Skill building activities explained Instruction book includes: Examples for each concept with detailed pictures and steps by step instruction on how to calculate and what to tell your students while teaching. Theory behind the formulas explained in simple terms. Over 380 sample problems for teachers and parents to practice the concepts. These sample problems can be used to introduce your child to the concept with effortless ease. Instruction on how to effectively introduce children to mind math with ways to build the skill. Dictation - a very important aspect of abacus training is explained with useful ideas to achieve. Skill building activities are explained that help you train your child. Common mistakes made by students with ways to help them avoid making these mistakes are outlined. Corresponding practice work for children is given in the two workbooks that are sold separately under the following titles. " Abacus Mind Math Level 1 Workbook 1: Excel at Mind Math with Soroban, a Japanese Abacus Abacus Mind Math Level 1 Workbook 2: Excel at Mind Math with Soroban, a Japanese Abacus " Soroban, the Japanese abacus is a very useful visual tool that helps children 'see' numbers as beads while calculating. Soroban perfectly fits with the base 10 number system used at present and provides a systematic method (formulas) to follow while calculating both on the tool and in the mind. Mastering of this tool will enhance your child's basic math comprehension, speed and accuracy. In general, when children practice mind math, they get a very important sense of achievement that helps raise their confidence as students. You can also see an improvement in their concentration, tenacity, memory power and listening skills.
Download or read book The Abacus and the Sword written by Peter Duus and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a major historical work that, in the field of Japanese imperialism, will set a standard for careful and comprehensive analysis. The Abacus and the Sword is the handiwork of a master historian."—Mark R. Peattie, author of Nan'yo: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945 "This book . . . deserves a wide readership, especially among East Asia history specialists, for it represents difficult and complex scholarship at its best. . . . It is clear from an analysis of his documentation that he put solid study into the Japan-Korea relationship problem, one of the most complex in modern East Asian history—the equivalent perhaps of the English-Irish relationship in Western History. . . . This book is . . . well worth reading, not only for East Asian specialists but for anyone fascinated by the mysteries of history." Hilary Conroy, American Academy of Political Science
Download or read book Complete Abacus Mind Math written by Abacus Foundation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete Abacus Mind Math Instruction and Workbook for addition and subtraction, the book includes: Instructions on how to effectively introduce children to mind math with ways to build their skill. Integrated workbook work is given after each instruction section. Examples are shown for each section with clear graphics on how to proceed. The book explains how to calculate both on the abacus and in the mind. The Soroban has for a long time been used as an instrument to fast track children into a better understanding of math. Abacus Mind Math with its methodical approach: 1. Strengthens mental visualization 2. Sharpens concentration 3. Improves academic results 4. Enforces problem solving techniques These attributes combine to boost the confidence of the child throughout their learning years. This useful and impressive skill would be an asset for anyone.
Download or read book The Japanese abacus explained written by Yōzō Yoshino and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Japan written by Dorothy Perkins and published by New York : Facts on File. This book was released on 1991 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less comprehensive and more popularly written than the nine-volume Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan ( LJ 1/84), this single-volume work is nevertheless a valuable reference source. It is extremely current, including entries on such recent topics as the Recruit political scandal and current prime minister Kaifu Toshiki. While the articles in the Kodansha Encyclopedia are written by experts in the field and provide bibliographic references with nearly all of the entries, the present work is authored entirely by Perkins, whom the publisher identifies as ``an educator specializing in Buddhism and Japanese culture,'' and has only a general bibliography at the end. For its more comprehensive treatment, especially of historical topics and traditional culture, the Kodansha remains a standard source, but for its currency and value as a ready reference tool the Perkins volume will be a useful acquisition for most libraries as well. Its single-volume format and lower cost make it an excellent acquisition for smaller libraries.-- Scott Wright, Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn. - Library Journal.
Download or read book Japanese Abacus for Kids written by Paul Green and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will teach you step-by-step how to perform addition and subtraction on a Japanese abacus. Clearly explained with text and colored pictures throughout every stage of your calculation. It has been specifically written for children.
Download or read book Broken Abacus written by Daniel Rosen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently a lack of precision around China’s economic size was taken for granted but caused little lost sleep: room to expand and the pace of growth were self-evident, and everything beyond that was academic for most purposes. But today the pace and even direction of China’s growth is prone to volatility, and the nation is sizable enough to cause global disruption. This study reassesses China’s nominal economic size from the bottom up. It compares China’s practices with international standards and reviews the long-standing arguments about Chinese economic statistics to separate real concerns from distractions.
Download or read book Japanese Numbers Game written by T Crump and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as curious numerical names (of both people and places), illustrate the importance of systems of counting, calculation and forecasting. The study explores the cultural roots of attitudes towards numbers and makes suggestions about the contemporary implications of a culture in which mechanical numeracy (and number obsession) is general but the highest levels of academic mathematics still fall short of world standards.
Download or read book Sacred Mathematics written by Fukagawa Hidetoshi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life--samurai, farmers, and merchants--inscribed a wide variety of geometry problems on wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Sacred Mathematics is the first book published in the West to fully examine this tantalizing--and incredibly beautiful--mathematical tradition. Fukagawa Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman present for the first time in English excerpts from the travel diary of a nineteenth-century Japanese mathematician, Yamaguchi Kanzan, who journeyed on foot throughout Japan to collect temple geometry problems. The authors set this fascinating travel narrative--and almost everything else that is known about temple geometry--within the broader cultural and historical context of the period. They explain the sacred and devotional aspects of sangaku, and reveal how Japanese folk mathematicians discovered many well-known theorems independently of mathematicians in the West--and in some cases much earlier. The book is generously illustrated with photographs of the tablets and stunning artwork of the period. Then there are the geometry problems themselves, nearly two hundred of them, fully illustrated and ranging from the utterly simple to the virtually impossible. Solutions for most are provided. A unique book in every respect, Sacred Mathematics demonstrates how mathematical thinking can vary by culture yet transcend cultural and geographic boundaries.
Download or read book Abacus Mind Math Level 3 IB written by Sai Speed Math Academy and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level-3 instructional book to teach children mind math skills using Soroban, the Japanese abacus.
Download or read book Abacus Mind Math Level 2 IB written by Sai Speed Math Academy and published by Sai Speed Math Academy. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level-2 instructional book to teach children mind math skills using Soroban, the Japanese abacus.
Download or read book The Japanese Abacus written by Takashi Kojima and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
