Mental Arithmetic

Mental arithmetic is the invaluable math’s skill of doing calculations in your head, without the use of any tools, such as an Abacus, calculator or pen and paper, or fingers!

So how does it work? Operating the beads of the Abacus helps children develop a photographic image of abacus in mind. Once students become adept at performing on the Abacus, they are trained to visualize the Abacus and ‘picture’ the beads moving as they swiftly solve problems in their mind. This is the main aim of SIMAS Abacus program.

Mental Arithmetic is the essential building block that replaces the physical Abacus in the child’s mind. Using photographic image of a virtual Abacus enables students to engage their right brain and solve questions much more quickly than they could before. The figures that are to be calculated are visualized as beads on the Abacus, as opposed to numerals.