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Abacus · Ages 7+ · Set A
A picture in the mind
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Remember: Look hard at the frame, then picture it. Read the rows from the top, and say an empty row as a zero.

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Mia's mind pictureMia has a counting frame at home. Before the school trip she studies it closely, top row first. Then she shuts her eyes and sees it in her mind. In her mind the top row has two beads across and the bottom row has six: that is twenty-six. A picture in the mind keeps the same order. The bottom row counts ones, the row above counts tens, and the row above that counts hundreds. An empty row is a zero.
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Mia looks at this frame, then shuts her eyes. What number does she picture?
488412
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In a mind picture, an empty row is a .
onezeroten
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Ben says: picture four beads on the tens row and nine on the ones row. Which number is it?
499413
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Which frame shows 35?
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This frame shows .
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In the mind picture, the bottom row counts ones.
TrueFalse

Rows, order and fixes

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Fifty-three has five beads on the ones row.
TrueFalse
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Join each number to its rows.
  1. 124
  2. 242
  3. 340
  4. 47
  • A2 tens, 4 ones
  • B4 tens, 0 ones
  • C4 tens, 2 ones
  • D0 tens, 7 ones
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Put the steps for picturing a frame in order.
  • Shut your eyes and picture it
  • Say each row from the top, even an empty one
  • Look hard at the frame
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Three beads on the hundreds row, none on the tens row and five on the ones row. Which number?
35305350
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Ben says to picture 80 with eight beads on the ones row. Is he right?
YesNo
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The row above the tens row counts .
hundredsonestens
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Draw the beads for 18 on the frame.
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Close your eyes and picture 61. Write how many beads are on each row.
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