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8. What’s Mental Arithmetic?

 Mental Arithmetic, is the second basic element of

Abacus Mental Arithmetic system, which is a brain

development program designed by Menar for young

children.

 The program starts with the learning

of abacus and its use in arithmetic

calculations. Through intensive practice with abacus,

students learn to visualize the in their mind. After this

point, they don’t need to use the physical tool itself,

but they use the imaginary abacus in their mind.

While moving their hands and fingers, they are

actually moving the unseen beads of

this imaginary abacus. This way,

students can make mental

calculations extremely fast.

 Briefly speaking, mental arithmetic is an arithmetic

method through which calculations are made purely by

brain power, without using any tool like computer,

calculator, pen, pencil or paper.