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From left to right:
 
From left to right:
:project-toolbar button
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* project-toolbar button
:saupan button (Chinese abacus)
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* saupan button (Chinese abacus)
:soroban button (Japanese abacus)
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* soroban button (Japanese abacus)
:schety button (Russian abacus)
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* schety button (Russian abacus)
:nepohualtzintzin button (Mayan abacus)
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* nepohualtzintzin button (Mayan abacus)
:binary button (binary abacus)
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* binary button (binary abacus)
:hexadecimal button (hexadecimal abacus)
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* hexadecimal button (hexadecimal abacus)
:fraction button (fraction abacus)
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* fraction button (fraction abacus)
:customization-toolbar button
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* customization-toolbar button
:stop button not shown
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* stop button not shown
    
[[Image:Abacus-custom-toolbar.png|left]]
 
[[Image:Abacus-custom-toolbar.png|left]]
    
From left to right:
 
From left to right:
:select the number of rods
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* select the number of rods
:select the number of beads on the top of the frame
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* select the number of beads on the top of the frame
:select the number of beads on the bottom of the frame
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* select the number of beads on the bottom of the frame
:select the multiplication factor of top beads (e.g., on the Chinese abacus, each top bead counts as 5× the value of a bottom bead on the same rod)
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* select the multiplication factor of top beads (e.g., on the Chinese abacus, each top bead counts as 5× the value of a bottom bead on the same rod)
:select the base to determine the value of bottom beads across rods; this is 10 on most conventional abacuses, but 20 on the Mayan abacus, 16 on the hexadecimal abacus, and 2 on the binary abacus.
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* select the base to determine the value of bottom beads across rods; this is 10 on most conventional abacuses, but 20 on the Mayan abacus, 16 on the hexadecimal abacus, and 2 on the binary abacus.
    
== How to use an abacus ==
 
== How to use an abacus ==

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