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Abacus · Ages 5+ · Set A
What is an abacus?
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Remember: An abacus is a counting frame. Its beads slide along the wires.

Meet the abacus

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Pip's surprisePip found a wooden frame with wires and bright beads. Was it a drum? Was it a ladder? No! It was an abacus, a counting frame. The beads slide along the wires.
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What is an abacus?
🥁A drum🧮A counting frame🪜A ladder
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What slides along the wires?
🔵Beads🥄Spoons🎈Balloons
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🥁Is an abacus a drum?
YesNo
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Which one helps you count?
🚗A little car🥄A spoon🧮A counting frame
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Do we slide beads to count?
YesNo

Look at the frame

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How many beads are slid across?
234
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Which part holds a line of beads?
🪵The frame➖The wire🔵A bead
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Join each part to its job.
  1. 1🔵 bead
  2. 2➖ wire
  3. 3🪵 frame
  • Aholds it all together
  • Bslides along
  • Cholds a line of beads
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Which frame has two beads across?
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Slide two beads across. Draw them.
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Draw something you can count with.
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