TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

The abacus is considered the oldest calculating device used by humans but in the 1940s, a Korean man invented an abacus-like counting method using fingers called jisanbeop or chisanbop, a term that ...

Moments after a teacher posed questions to a group of Class I students of Chennai School, Saidapet, mathematically precise answers from all the young minds reverberated in scientific unison. The group ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

The annual Abacus Maths Competition was held again in Boskruin, Randburg, and many young calculate geniuses showed off their amazing math skills. “We had our dictation championship where pupils had to ...

What's the News: Most of us need everyone to stop talking when we perform mental math. But for children trained to do math visually with a "mental abacus," verbal disturbances roll off their backs, ...

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 2: She may be just 10-years-old, but Rini can correctly add up 10-digit numbers in just a few seconds. Eight-year-old Nikhil can complete up to fifty math sums in five minutes flat.

A teenager who once struggled with simple sums is now a maths whizz after using an ancient learning system. Dhruv Maheshwari, 16, was struggling at school when his mum started to tutor him using an ...