![]() ![]() The abacus is believed to have been perfected between 13 during the Ming Dynasty by Cheng Dawei - a famous mathematician who was also known as the ‘Great Master of Zhusuan.’ (Image: via Public Domain) How to use the Chinese abacusĪn ordinary Chinese abacus comprises 13 strands secured by a square frame. The debate remains open until new evidence regarding its invention and origin is found. ![]() But unfortunately, there is no tangible proof regarding its invention since its use dates back to the 2nd century.Ĭhina, however, claims to be the original inventor of the abacus. There are lots of disagreements about the origin of the abacus. The counting board is believed to have evolved into the Chinese abacus. The counting boards were discovered on the Greek island in 1899 and were used mainly by Babylonians around 300 BC.Įgyptians and Mesopotamians are also thought to have used the counting boards, and they could be the original developers of the abacus. Other sources denote that counting boards were predecessors of the abacus. To celebrate this incredible invention that made accounting simple, the Chinese set aside a day to celebrate the abaci annually. The monumental Chinese abaci are used to solve division, multiplication, subtraction, and addition problems, and can even find the square and cubic roots of numbers. However, the abacus is believed to have been perfected between 13 during the Ming Dynasty by Cheng Dawei - a famous mathematician also known as the “Great Master of Zhusuan.” In the early Ming Dynasty, the 1:5 ratio appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, abacus designs started appearing in the 2:5 ratio (two beads on top and five at the bottom). It is mentioned as early as the 2nd century BCE. The Chinese abacus was invented over 5,000 years ago to keep track of digits that exceeded human fingers and toes. ![]()
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