| Please click on an operation to see an example | 
| addition | subtraction | multiplication | division | 
| Examples: | Add the numbers 3 and 4 | Add the numbers 24 and 36 | Add the numbers 275 and 783 | 
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|     |  |     | The last step is to add the number 3 (783). The column of units has 5 beads (see fig 1), plus 3 beads gives us 8. | |||||||||
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