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    The suanpan (simplified Chinese: 算盘; traditional Chinese: 算盤; pinyin: suànpán), also spelled suan pan or souanpan) is an abacus of Chinese origin, earliest...
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  • Japan. It is derived from the ancient Chinese suanpan, imported to Japan in the 14th century. Like the suanpan, the soroban is still used today, despite the...
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    abacus dates to the 2nd century BC. The Chinese abacus, also known as the suanpan (算盤/算盘, lit. "calculating tray"), comes in various lengths and widths,...
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  • from most to least significant. Many versions of the abacus, such as the suanpan and soroban, use a biquinary system to simulate a decimal system for ease...
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    Cognitive tools suggest a way for people from certain culture to deal with real-life problems, like Suanpan for Chinese to perform mathematical calculation....
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    The Chinese suanpan (算盘). The number represented on this abacus is 6,302,715,408....
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    this is が (ga). This is useful for those who practice calculation with a suanpan or a soroban, because the sentences remind them to shift one column to...
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    little stones (used as counters). Both the Roman abacus and the Chinese suanpan have been used since ancient times. With one bead above and four below...
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    comfortable". The word is combined with Suanpan (Chinese: 算盤; pinyin: Suànpán) "abacus" in the expression ruyi suanpan to mean considering things only from...
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  • For example, one jīn (斤) in the old system equals sixteen taels. The suanpan (Chinese abacus) can be used to perform hexadecimal calculations such as...
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