It is often said that the reason Alfred Nobel did not endow one of his prizes in mathematics was because his wife was having an affair with a mathematician. While this story has been debunked it is ...

What's the News: Most of us need everyone to stop talking when we perform mental math. But for children trained to do math visually with a "mental abacus," verbal disturbances roll off their backs, ...

Lagos — There is the need for both the Federal and state governments to encourage the adoption of abacus mental calculation in Nigerian schools if the country is to successfully develop high ...

China's Zhusuan or the knowledge and practice of arithmetic calculation using an abacus, has been nominated by UNSECO for competition to be listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage. The final ...

Ancient mental calculation systems like Vedic mathematics, abacus techniques, and the Trachtenberg system are experiencing a revival in education. These methods, developed across various cultures, ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

The abacus, that ancient, no-batteries-required, bead-based calculator, is making a comeback in after-school programs across Canada. The schools, which are modelled after programs common across India ...

“Ancient” may not be a term that piques students’ interest nowadays, but in any field of study, there is merit in looking back and understanding the foundation of things and concepts. Since ancient ...

When 11-year-old Priyanshi Somani multiplies strings of 10-digit numbers or finds the square root of a six-digit number, she doesn’t use a calculator or even pencil and paper. Instead, like other ...

The Mental Calculation World Cup is a brutal contest, and one that threatens to fry the neurons of the unprepared. Over the course of a competition, contestants might be asked to add a string of 10 ...