Activities/Abacus: Difference between revisions
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=== The toolbars === | === The toolbars === | ||
[[Image:Abacus Toolbar 1.png|800px]] | |||
From left to right: | |||
;project-toolbar button: see below | |||
;edit-toolbar button: see below | |||
;abacus-toolbar button: see below | |||
;customization-toolbar button | |||
;clear button: clear the abacus | |||
;stop button: exit the activity | |||
[[Image:Abacus Toolbar 2.png|800px]] | |||
From left to right: | |||
;copy: copy current value to clipboard | |||
;paste: paste a value from the clipboard into the abacus | |||
[[Image:Abacus Toolbar 3.png|800px]] | |||
From left to right: | |||
;decimal button: decimal abacus | |||
;soroban button: Japanese abacus | |||
;saupan button: Chinese abacus | |||
;nepohualtzintzin button: Mayan abacus | |||
;hexadecimal button: hexadecimal abacus | |||
;binary button: binary abacus | |||
;schety button: Russian abacus | |||
;fraction button: fraction abacus | |||
;Caacupe button: fraction abacus with +/– | |||
;rod button: Cuisenaire-like abacus | |||
;custom button: your custom abacus | |||
[[Image:Abacus Toolbar 4.png]] | |||
From left to right: | |||
;rods: select the number of rods: | |||
;top beads: select the number of beads on the top of the frame | |||
;bottom: select the number of beads on the bottom of the frame | |||
;factor: 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) | |||
;base: 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. | |||
;create: you must push this button to activate the selections you've made | |||
=== A gallery === | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||