
| Unicron #189528 1 year ago |
what is with luna and abacus'es !! |
| StreakTheFox #189529 1 year ago |
I never understood how the abacus works... xD |
| Anonymous #189546 1 year ago |
XD that's amazing |
| sandstormzach #189599 1 year ago |
WTF |
| Rogue-kun #189617 1 year ago |
@Streak I only know the basic, but the number of beads on a row is you base (10 beads = Base 10)
Each line is another magnitude of digits, so 6 lines can count upto 1,000,000 how many beads pushed a cross represent the value of that digit. |
| Princess_Luna #189627 1 year ago |
@Streak
It's quite ingenious really. Every bead on the lines has a set value. The first set represent Ones >Then Tens >Then Hundreds >Then Thousands >etc The set of beads on the side, I am unsure of it's true purpose. I always used it for carrying numbers to help with math. Anyways. Say you have the number 124. To represent this on an Abacus, you would slide a 100-Bead, two 10-Beads, and four One-Beads. Now add 53... Slide over five additional Ten-Beads and three additional One-beads. You now have 177. Does that make sense? |
| Anonymous #189634 1 year ago |
@Unicron This fanfic. http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-progress-luna-versus-microwave.html |
| Anonymous #189648 1 year ago |
why does she have abacus? |
| Princess_Luna #189662 1 year ago |
Oh! Right! Now I remember what the side-set is used for
They are placeholders. In some Abacuses, there aren't a full set of 10 beads on the line, so those are used to represent an integer up. Say there were only 5 beads on the line. There should be two accompanying beads on the Placeholder side, each having a numerical value of 5 (and it's varieties for the other numerical sets) Its a little complicated, but lets say we want to represent the number 156. Slide over one 100-set bead, one placeholder-set 10-set bead, a placeholder-set 1-set bead and a normal 1-set bead. |
| Unicron #189677 1 year ago |
oh i see....i think *eats it* |
| Anonymous #190506 1 year ago |
What can I say? They just click. |
| Princess_Luna #190511 1 year ago |
@#190506
http://www.instantsfun.es/yeahhh |
| Anonymous #190803 1 year ago |
lol abacus. |
| Anonymous #203683 1 year ago |
Your highness, I always wondered how multiplication and division operations can be performed on abacus. Can you explain this to me? |