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Abacus book: free printable lesson notes

47 lessons in one book, for ages 5+ and 7+. Each has the big idea, how it works, worked examples with the bead frame drawn at the turning point, words to know and what to watch out for. Free to download and print.

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  • Answer keys included
  • For ages 5+ and 7+
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What is inside, ages 5+

Meet the abacus

  1. What is an abacus?notes and 1 worksheets
  2. The frame and its rowsnotes and 1 worksheets

Counting with beads

  1. Count to tennotes and 1 worksheets
  2. Tens on the next rownotes and 1 worksheets
  3. Count one beadnotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Count to fivenotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Beads for six to ninenotes and 3 worksheets
  6. Zero is an empty rownotes and 3 worksheets
  7. Show your agenotes and 3 worksheets
  8. Bead number matchnotes and 1 worksheets

Adding

  1. Adding without carryingnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Add one morenotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Adding past tennotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Make fivenotes and 1 worksheets
  5. Make tennotes and 3 worksheets

Taking away

  1. Take one awaynotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Taking away from fivenotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Taking away from tennotes and 3 worksheets

What is inside, ages 7+

Adding

  1. Adding two-digit numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Adding three-digit numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Carrying across rowsnotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Adding a column of numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Adding to make 100notes and 3 worksheets
  6. Complements of 10notes and 3 worksheets

Taking away

  1. Taking away two-digit numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Borrowing across rowsnotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Taking from 100notes and 3 worksheets
  4. Taking away three-digit numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Checking by adding backnotes and 3 worksheets

Big numbers

  1. Hundreds and thousandsnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Place value on many rowsnotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Reading big numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Comparing numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Rounding on the abacusnotes and 3 worksheets
  6. Decimals on the abacusnotes and 3 worksheets

Times and sharing

  1. Multiplying by one digitnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Multiplying two digitsnotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Sharing equallynotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Dividing by one digitnotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Remaindersnotes and 3 worksheets
  6. Times tables on the abacusnotes and 3 worksheets
  7. Multiplying by tennotes and 3 worksheets

Mental abacus

  1. Seeing the abacus in your mindnotes and 3 worksheets
  2. Mental adding with beadsnotes and 3 worksheets
  3. Mental taking awaynotes and 3 worksheets
  4. Flash numbersnotes and 3 worksheets
  5. Mental times and sharingnotes and 3 worksheets