During http://www.payoffyourmortgages.com" alt="Pay Off Your Mortgage" target="_blank">your childhood? Japanese reintroduced in schools, because children tend to calculate without using calculator which is not good for their education. I used it at school and I have given one to my son for learning addition, subtraction and division, multiplication.
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General Mathematics is key to success of man. Children of present generation cannot calculate, multiply, divide, add orally without use of calculator. The contribution of India is great to the development of mathematics. Many a pundits have started VEDIC MATHEMATICS (mental mathematics).In this respect, the abacus is very important and develops child's intellectual abilities. It is slowly disappearing in primary school and it is very sad. [rladiga00]
Thank you for your response. [ssh123]
MY daughter has an abacus to use for calculating math problems..at 14 she is still learning primary math. We use botht e abacus to work out simple problems on paper and a calulator to work out much more complex problems that she will not have the comprehension for but needs to be financilly independent as an adult. [bhchy1]
Very well said it. Thanks a million. [ssh123]
The use of calculators should be banned at lower classes and kids should be taught to do mind calculations. [jayram]
I was talking about abacus? [ssh123]