Video Name: LC – 6 – Pg.

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF BIG FRIEND FORMULAS BY

VISUALISATION (-9 = -10+1) (-90 =-100+10)
Hello students
How are you all?
Welcome to another session of abacus.
As you have already practiced doing calculations with abacus
scale using subtraction big friend formula of -9 and -90,
Today we will try to solve few problems by visualization
method.
Okay.
Are you ready?
Shall we start?
All right.
Let’s try to solve the first one…

3, 8, -9
Imagine to Clear the Abacus scale.

Imagine to place 3 on the Abacus scale.

Now we have to add 8.

Which is not possible.
Now what shall we do?
You are right.
We have to use the big friend formula for +8.
And the formula is…+8 = -2 + 10.
Imagine to move down two lower beads in Ones place and move up one lower
bead in Tens place.
Correct.
Next to subtract 9, is not possible.
So… we use the formula -9=-10+1.
Therefore, imagine to move down, one lower bead, in Tens place and move up
one lower bead, in Ones place.
Perfect.
The answer is 2.

Let’s try the next one...

6, 9, -9
Imagine to Clear the Abacus scale.

For 6, imagine to place 6 on the Abacus scale.

Now to add 9, use the formula +9=-1+10.

Right.
Imagine to move down, one lower bead in Ones place, and move up one lower
bead, in Tens place.
Next to subtract 9 is not possible in Ones place.
So we use the formula -9=-10+1.
Correct.
Imagine to move down, one lower bead in Tens place, and move up one lower
bead in Ones place.
The answer is 6.
Fine.

Let’s try few with double digits...

 50, 40, 30,-90
Imagine to Clear the Abacus scale.

For 50, imagine and place it on the Abacus scale.

Now to add 40, imagine to move up, four lower beads in Tens place.
Next to add 30, is not possible.
What will we do now?
You are right.
Use the formula +30=-70+100.
Imagine, to move up the upper bead, and move down two lower beads, in Tens
place and move up one lower bead, in Hundreds place.
Correct.
Finally to subtract 90, use the formula -90=-100+10.
Well…
Imagine to move down, one lower bead in Hundreds place, and move up one
lower bead, in Tens place.
Yes, you are doing well.
The answer is 30.

Let’s try one more…

Imagine to Clear the Abacus scale.
The given problem here is…
 60, 40, -90, 08
Okay. Let’s start.
Imagine to place 60 on the Abacus scale.

Now to add 40, use the formula +40=-60+100.

Imagine to move down, 4 lower beads, in Tens place and move up, one lower
bead, in Hundreds place.
That’s right.
Next to subtract 90, use the formula -90=-100+10.
Yes, imagine to move down, one lower bead, in Hundreds place and move up, one
lower bead, in Tens place.
Okay…
Finally to add 8, imagine to move down the upper bead, and move up, three
lower beads, in Ones place.
The answer is 18.
That’s a precise calculation.
You are doing well.

Open your books now and keep practicing more of these kind
of problems from the books.
See you in the next session, bye.