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Steps to Demonstrate Not So Simple Times on the Pythabacus Step 0: Left Click Rightmost Gold Bead Step 1: Left Click Check Button Step 2: Left Click a Gold Bottom Row Bead. Step 3: Click Right Arrow. Step 4: Left Click Another Gold Bead to the Left of the First and Click Right Arrow. Step 5: Left Click Rightmost Gold Bead of Left Group and Clic Left Arrow. Finger Math Lessons |
| The extended and unextended fingers of the hands in Single Digit Vedic Finger Multiplication correspond one-to-one with the bottom row beads of the Pythabacus. For example following the steps above right click 2 then 3 gold beads to represent the factors 10-3 = 7 and 10-2 = 8. Likewise extend 3 fingers on one hand and 2 fingers on the other hand. Complete the steps above and note that the beads forming the quadrilateral in the middle equal the product of the extended fingers; the ones of this product equal the ones of the solution. The remaining bottom beads against the left post equal the total number of unextended fingers on the two hands, which added to the tens, if any, of the middle product equal the tens of the solution. The gold beads against the left post can be imagined as stones mined by a little gnome that would not fit in his cart, so he left them in neat stacks of ten to carry home at another time. Explore more products! | |