it is a counting frame with beads. go here to see it http://www.kidestore.co.uk/images/images_big/melissa_and_doug_abacus.jpg
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To make an abacus, the first thing to do is to make a frame, the wooden edge around an abacus. Then add the separator, the wooden line about 1/3 at the top and 2/3 at the bottom. And then start making the coloum for the beads. Your abacus will then look excactly like this original Chinese abacus picture:Frame: the wooden edges around an abacusSeparator: the wooden line that stretches from the left to the right side of the abacus which separates the top and bottom part of the abacusColoumns: the thin wooden sticks which holds the beadsBeads: The rounded wood for countingBy: ValerieUsername: Valerie_Limasi
The Chinese abacus
If he isn't the inventor, that probably means that somebody else invented it. Look it up on Wikipedia - it seems that the abacus was already used thousands of years ago.d
Abacus was invented by the Chinesethe abacus was also known as the first computer
The abacus was originated in China in 3000 B.C.(: