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  2. Mental abacus - Wikipedia

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    The abacus system of mental calculation is a system where users mentally visualize an abacus to carry out arithmetical calculations. [1] No physical abacus is used; only the answers are written down. Calculations can be made at great speed in this way.

  3. One-instruction set computer - Wikipedia

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    If this operation is not possible because there is not enough counters in X, then leave the abacus as it is and proceed to instruction n. [18] In order to keep all numbers positive and mimic a human operator computing on a real world abacus, the test is performed before any subtraction. Pseudocode:

  4. Abacus - Wikipedia

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    An abacus (pl. abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. [1] An abacus consists of a two-dimensional array of slidable beads (or similar objects). In their ...

  5. Mental Calculation World Cup - Wikipedia

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    Winner: Aaryan Nitin Shukla (India), 100 correct results (out of 100 dates given), world cup record; Square Roots from 6-digit numbers, 10 minutes Winner: Aaryan Nitin Shukla (India), 82 points (86 correct, 4 in correct, 90 total questions), world cup record; Most Versatile Calculator (the best score for solving another 5 unknown "surprise tasks")

  6. Trachtenberg system - Wikipedia

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    As you solve for each digit you will move each of the arrows over the multiplicand one digit to the left until all of the arrows point to prefixed zeros. Setting up for Division Division in the Trachtenberg System is done much the same as in multiplication but with subtraction instead of addition.

  7. Napier's bones - Wikipedia

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    The product's digits will stand in the order as calculated left to right. Apart from the first and the final digit, the product's digits will each be the sum of two values taken from two different bones. Third step of solving 6 x 425. Bone values are added together, as described above, to find the digits of the product. In this diagram, the ...

  8. Chisanbop - Wikipedia

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    36 represented in chisanbop, where four fingers and a thumb are touching the table and the rest of the digits are raised. The three fingers on the left hand represent 10+10+10 = 30; the thumb and one finger on the right hand represent 5+1=6. Counting from 1 to 20 in Chisanbop. Each finger has a value of one, while the thumb has a value of five.

  9. Spiral puzzle - Wikipedia

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    A spiral puzzle is a word puzzle in the form of a spiral. The puzzle is formed of a long chain of letters, which spell out a list of clued words when read in either direction. [1] The solutions to the left are entered in the boxes from 1 to 100. The responses to the right provide another set of words that must be entered from 100 to 1. [2]