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Showing Number on Abacus




                  An abacus is a counting device. It has rods and

                  beads. For two-digit numbers, it has two spikes.

                  The left spike represents Tens.                tens       ones
                  The right spike represents Ones.








               See the representation of 1 to 20 on abacus.


                   T      O             T      O             T      O             T      O             T      O









                      1                    2                    3                    4                    5



                             T       O            T       O            T       O            T       O









                                6                    7                    8                    9


                   T      O        T       O        T       O        T      O         T      O         T      O










                     10               11              12               13               14               15


                           T      O         T      O         T      O        T       O        T       O










                             16               17               18               19              20

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