Activities/Abacus: Difference between revisions

The toolbars: made the toolbars into a table
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=== The toolbars ===
=== The toolbars ===


{| border=0
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[[Image:Abacus-main-toolbar.png|left]]
[[Image:Abacus-main-toolbar.png|left]]
 
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From left to right:
|From left to right:
* project-toolbar button
* project-toolbar button
* saupan button (Chinese abacus)
* saupan button (Chinese abacus)
* decimal button (decimal abacus)
* decimal button (decimal abacus)
* list-add button (show secondary menu with additional abacuses)
* stop button not shown
* stop button not shown
 
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[[Image:Abacus-secondary-toolbar.png|left]]
|[[Image:Abacus-secondary-toolbar.png|left]]
 
|-
From left to right:
|From left to right:
* soroban button (Japanese abacus)
* soroban button (Japanese abacus)
* schety button (Russian abacus)
* schety button (Russian abacus)
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* fraction button (fraction abacus)
* fraction button (fraction abacus)
* customization-toolbar button
* customization-toolbar button
 
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[[Image:Abacus-custom-toolbar.png|left]]
|[[Image:Abacus-custom-toolbar.png|left]]
 
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From left to right:
|From left to right:
* select the number of rods
* select the number of rods
* select the number of beads on the top of the frame
* select the number of beads on the top of the frame
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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.
* 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.
* new-abacus button (you must push this button to activate the selections you've made)
* new-abacus button (you must push this button to activate the selections you've made)
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== How to use an abacus ==
== How to use an abacus ==