Number sense, the old-fashioned way
An eight-level abacus programme that builds mental-maths speed, focus and confidence, taught by certified instructors, with annual Olympiad participation.
An eight-level abacus programme that builds mental-maths speed, focus and confidence, taught by certified instructors, with annual Olympiad participation.
Abacus is a 2,500-year-old tool that has nothing to do with the screen, and that is exactly the point. It teaches the brain to visualise numbers, hold them in working memory, and operate on them, fast.
The benefits show up everywhere: faster mental arithmetic, stronger concentration, better memory, sharper attention spans. We've watched it transform our junior-school maths classes.
Bead recognition, simple addition and subtraction up to 10.
Two-digit operations, introduction to formula method.
Three-digit addition and subtraction with carry-over.
Multiplication tables on abacus, four-digit operations.
Multi-digit multiplication, division basics.
Five-digit operations, decimals, mental abacus introduced.
Pure mental abacus, no physical beads. Speed drills.
Olympiad-level operations. Multi-digit mental computation.
Open to all Class I–VI students of Benchmark Academy. Sessions twice a week within school hours.