Remember: An abacus is a counting frame. Its beads slide along the wires.
Meet the abacus
A grown-up reads each question aloud. Listen to the little story first.
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.
1
What is an abacus?
🥁A drum🧮A counting frame🪜A ladder
2
What slides along the wires?
🔵Beads🥄Spoons🎈Balloons
3
🥁Is an abacus a drum?
YesNo
4
Which one helps you count?
🚗A little car🥄A spoon🧮A counting frame
5
Do we slide beads to count?
YesNo
Look at the frame
6
How many beads are slid across?
234
7
Which part holds a line of beads?
🪵The frame➖The wire🔵A bead
8
Join each part to its job.
1🔵 bead
2➖ wire
3🪵 frame
Aholds it all together
Bslides along
Cholds a line of beads
9
Which frame has two beads across?
ABC
10
Slide two beads across. Draw them.
11
Draw something you can count with.
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Answer key · Set A
What is an abacus?
1A counting frame An abacus is a counting frame. It helps you count.
2Beads Beads slide along the wires. Nothing else does.
3No An abacus is a counting frame, not a drum.
4A counting frame The counting frame helps you count. A car and a spoon do not.
5Yes Yes. You count by sliding the beads across.
63 Count the beads on the right side. There are three.
7The wire Each wire holds its own line of beads.
81-B, 2-C, 3-A
9C Frame C has two beads slid across to the right.
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