After last month's numerically challenged Tickle, we're heading back to school and re-learning how to count, so I thought it would be the perfect time to CASE Abacus by Biggan. I even dug out my old pencil-sharpener abacus, and since I've used black, white and a tiny bit of red, I'm adding it to the CAS challenge too.
Registered: September 11, 2009 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 7266
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 @ 11:08 PM
This is very clever Hilda, love it. I saw a man using an abacus to do very complicated math but using the instrument looked more complicated than the math problem itself.
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Registered: December 4, 2009 Location: Southern Utah's Dixie Posts: 20577
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 @ 5:38 AM
Yeah!!! Now we should be able to get this counting under control!!! This is FANTASTIC!!! And you even have the little pencil sharpener abacus in there!!
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Tue, Jun 28, 2011 @ 6:08 AM
Hilda! You're killin' me with your wit, and awesome design! Too stinkin' c-u-t-e! This "totally" Counts! Lol! Great card!
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Registered: July 3, 2010 Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Posts: 2457
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 @ 6:26 AM
Fabulous CASE of Biggan's card. Great CAS red white and black card too. Clever the way you put 42,000 all the way around the card - just hope you don't expect us to add up all those 42,000's - we'd never make it - we have trouble getting to 10 these days. LOL Clever counting idea - great abacus pencil sharpener too.
Registered: February 21, 2009 Location: Mt. Pulaski, IL Posts: 29131
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 @ 9:04 AM
Hilda,
You are the clever one! Awesome, awesome card - just adorable!! I haven't seen an abacus since kindergarten. My kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Gillard, had this giant abacus she used to teach us to count - it was the size of a desk and on rollers! I wanted to take it home to use it with my tinker toys - but, alas, she never gave it to me!
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