Editor's note: Chinese Zhusuan refers to the knowledge and practice of performing arithmetic calculations using an abacus. It was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013, becoming ...

UXBRIDGE — With nothing more than a pen and paper, 15-year-old Michael Hardock calculates four sets of two-digit multiplication questions in a matter of seconds. After finishing he looks up with a ...

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 ...

More than 200 students at Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce have applied to take a course in how to use a Chinese abacus. Such lessons were once mandatory at the university, but they were phased ...

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 ...

Schools in Japan are bringing the abacus back to class, it's reported. Some teachers have been reintroducing a version of the traditional counting tool - the soroban - to help young people think ...

Hefei Shilimiao Primary School students start mornings with a special regimen performed with abacuses. Provided to China Daily Related video: Education crisis: Kids find abacus a total alien object ...