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Yupana is an Incan counting device similar to an abacus. | Yupana is an Incan counting device similar to an abacus. | ||
Revision as of 13:20, 5 February 2012
Yupana
Yupana is an Incan counting device similar to an abacus.
How to use the Yupana
The beads are organized in columns, where the units (1s) column is farthest to the right; tens (10s) is second from the right; hundreds (100s) is third from the right, etc.
Click on a dot and it will reverse its state (color), and either add or substract value from that column.
More details regarding the history and use of the Yupana can be found here:
Yupana como herramienta pedagogica.pdf
- Did you know that you can use the yupana over the network with your friends?
Where to get Yupana
The Yupana activity is available for download from the Sugar activity portal: Yupana
The source code is available on the Sugar Labs Gitorious server.