Chinese Zhusuan is a time-honoured traditional method of performing mathematical calculations with an abacus. Practitioners can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponential multiplication, root and more complicated equations by moving beads along the abacus rods according to defined formulas.
Steps of the Chinese Multiplication Method
For example, to multiply 21 by 12, use two red sticks to represent the tens place and one black stick for the ones place. Then, lay out sticks diagonally to represent the second number, placing one red stick for the tens and two black sticks for the ones.
Lattice multiplication, also known as the Italian method, Chinese method, Chinese lattice, gelosia multiplication, sieve multiplication, shabakh, diagonally or Venetian squares, is a method of multiplication that uses a lattice to multiply two multi-digit numbers.
Throughout the history of mathematical education in China, there are many typical and inspiring teaching examples which fully display the wisdom of heuristic pedagogy, concise explanation of mathematical concepts with abundant practice, the emphasis of “practice makes perfect”, and the idea of alternative solutions to ...
In about the fourteenth century AD the abacus came into use in China. Certainly this, like the counting board, seems to have been a Chinese invention. In many ways it was similar to the counting board, except instead of using rods to represent numbers, they were represented by beads sliding on a wire.
The Chisanbop system. When a finger is touching the table, it contributes its corresponding number to a total. With the chisanbop method it is possible to represent all numbers from 0 to 99 with the hands, rather than the usual 0 to 10, and to perform the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers.
In early human prehistory, ancient counting revolved around the use of tally marks, or simple marks made on wood, stone, or even on bones. Archaeological artifacts excavated from human settlements show evidence of tally sticks used to keep track of objects dating to nearly 35,000 years ago.
In China, countless children are sent to after-school tutoring classes to learn abacus mental calculation, in which the 6- or 7-years-olds are able to calculate eight-digit numbers by heart. Some studies suggest Chinese syllables are simpler for numbers, thus the language has a natural advantage in math.
The Asian mastery approach to maths focuses on whole-class teaching, developing a deep understanding of maths. It's a common misconception that South Asian children are simply taught by rote; while there's an element of drilling, the method is also highly interactive.
Tradition holds that Western mathematics, developed from that of the ancient Greeks, is dialectic, while Eastern mathematics, developed from that of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Chinese and Indians, is algorithmic.
Mathematics emerged independently in China by the 11th century BCE. The Chinese independently developed a real number system that includes significantly large and negative numbers, more than one numeral system (binary and decimal), algebra, geometry, number theory and trigonometry.
In Shanghai, teachers develop and use carefully thought-out mathematical models to develop deep understanding, often involving multiple ways of thinking about the same mathematical concept. Lessons are very interactive, with lots of careful questioning and multiple mini-plenaries in lessons.
Vedic Maths or Vedic Mathematics is a collection of Methods or Sutras to solve numerical computations quickly and faster. It consists of 16 Sutras called Formulae and 13 sub-sutras called Sub Formulae, which can be applied to the solving of problems in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, conics, etc.
The chart isn't based on science, so it's no more accurate than other low-tech, non-medical gender tests (as far as experts know, anyway!). After all, with only two outcomes — either you're having a boy or a girl — any unscientific method will be right about 50% of the time!
Egyptian calculation was fundamentally additive. The most frequent operations were doubling (that is, adding a number to itself) and halving (that is, finding what number can be added to itself to make the number you started with).
Chinese Zhusuan is a time-honoured traditional method of performing mathematical calculations with an abacus. Practitioners can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponential multiplication, root and more complicated equations by moving beads along the abacus rods according to defined formulas.
Research design and methods: In Tai's Model, the total area under a curve is computed by dividing the area under the curve between two designated values on the X-axis (abscissas) into small segments (rectangles and triangles) whose areas can be accurately calculated from their respective geometrical formulas.
Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being.
Even though the “Asians are good at math” narrative is false, it still has a real impact on people's lives. Like the “model minority” myth, it falsely positions non-Asians of color as mathematically inferior.
When it comes to school mathematics, China sets notoriously high standards. The format and difficulty of the Chinese Gao Kao (High School Examinations) varies somewhat throughout China. But mathematics is compulsory everywhere. Below are 3 multiple choice questions I have translated from the 2021 Shanghai Gao Kao¹.
First, sixty is special because it is the smallest integer that is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This makes a base-60 system extremely easy to use in calculations.
Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0—that represent numbers in the decimal number system. They originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, especially al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi, about the 12th century.