Abacus

Before the abacus was devised, the ancients used their fingers, toes, twigs or counting table to count numbers. As the era goes, a counting device called abacus was created to count large numbers. Abacus, also known as ‘Suan Pan’ in Chinese, is an ancient Chinese educational implement used for fast and accurate calculations. The word ‘Abacus’ is derived from the Greek work ‘abax’, which means calculating board or calculating table (UCMAS, n.d., para. 1). The first Chinese abacus was invented around 500 B.C and it has over 1300 years of documented use (UCMAS, n.d., para. 1). The abacus is a tool that usually made out by wood and having a frame that holds rods with freely-sliding beads mounted on them (“The abacus”, n.d., para. 5). Hence, the…

presents to you Abacus College. Abacus College is one of Oxford’s oldest established college in the UK which offers pre-university education. It focuses primarily on preparing its students for admission into UK universities. It prides itself on its thirty (30) years of experience in assisting students to accomplish their goals of being placed in British Universities across the UK. This is a small and friendly college which guarantees that each student is given individual attention to ensure a…

In the book, The Universal History of Computing by Georges Ifrah, Ifrah notes evidence of artifacts from an ancient civilization that contains mathematical terms and expressions. Civilizations such as the Greeks and Egypt developed their own way of calculating mathematical problems, despite their limited functionality. For example, the Sumerians (c. 3300 BCE) used rocks to determine the number, such as if there was a small cone, it would represent the number one, while a larger cone would…

The abacus Abdiel Gutierrez Abstract—This paper will show the importance of the abacist during the Renaissance time in Europe, and the importance of their mathematical advances they did to algebra. Normally they were merchants or people that taught the merchants in the operation of the abacus. They appear in Europe in the beginning of the 1400 century and lasted until the year 1600. Their work was very important for the developing of mathematics because they were the first ones to understand…

business world? Does Goldman follow the principles outlined by the company itself? The answers to these questions appear to be blurring when we try to analyse the Goldman Sachs Abacus 2007– ACI Controversy. There are a lot of questions that have been left unanswered. But the lack of proof against Goldman with respect to misrepresenting their long-term clients or ACA about the tenure of the position that Paulson was taking. However, Goldman’s decision to go for an out of court settlement…

owes its principal (the client). An agency relationship is based on trust and confidence. In essence, Paulson & Co. was the seller and IKB was the buyer of the ABACUS CDO. Goldman served both. When serving two masters at the same time on the same deal, a financial institution is unlikely to act honestly and transparently for both parties, giving each party equal treatment. First, the financial gain from one of the parties is always more than the other. The sums of money involved are usually…

They were placed into two different groups. One group was to practice an average three and a half hours each week for more than three years before the test, and the other group was to have no practice with the abacus previous to the test. To view the results, magnetic resonance imaging, commonly referred to as an MRI, was used to take pictures of the brain to view gray matter amounts. There was found to be significantly more gray matter in the brains of those who had no practice prior to the…

civilization passed through the control of countless rulers and cultures, the idea of numbers and mathematical calculations slowly molded into what we know today. Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in a region known as Mesopotamia, the Babylonian people resided and worked. The wedge-shaped writing style of the Sumerian people, cuneiform, came about around this time and is known as one of the earliest systems of writing. Control of Babylonia shifted into the hands of the Akkadian people…

and Zeus could not overrule their choices. Doctrina is the muse of teaching. Teachers and students were her main followers. Teachers follow her because she gave them the knowledge to teach their students and how best to teach it. Doctrina put a special emphasis on teaching morals and consequences. She was often seen in schools and other learning environments. There is a temple her near Parthenon. However, she was not limited to schools; she could be found where ever there was teaching going on.…

is right for me. Once I understood the theorem and knowledge behind it, Mathematics became addictive and propelled me into a world of common sense. Hence, since my first be in touch with Mathematics, it is a perfect love story between "him" and me. Passion and aptitude are the drive that keeps me going. My aspiration and interest towards Mathematics has drawn me to pursue a degree in Actuarial Science. A degree in Actuarial Science will not only enable me to take the professional actuary…