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How does a Chinese abacus work?

Updated: 9/16/2023
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A Chinese abacus is called a Suan Pan. It works because it is based upon the decimal system, so the beads are used to count groups of ten.

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Actually, the Chinese classic abacus was not intended only for use in decimal system, but also for use in hexadecimal system.

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