soroban ASCII Art
Adding 153 to 39 with the soroban:
1. Put 153 onto the soroban, then starting with the hundreds column: 1+0=1
(89 is less than 100 so zero is the number in the 100's column for it)
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|o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o|
||_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_o_||
|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o | o|
|e o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o o|
|j o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o|
|m o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ||
_|o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o|_
2. Moving to the tens column: 5+3=8
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|o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o|
||_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_o_||
|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o o o|
|e o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o o|
|j o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o|
|m o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | ||
_|o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o|_
3. Moving to the ones column: 3+9
oh oh, not enough beads to move in the ones column! okay, so
add 1 to the tens column (adding 10) and subtract one from the
ones column.
3a:
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|o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o|
||_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_o_||
|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o o o|
|e o o o o o o o o o o o o o | o o|
|j o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o|
|m o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ||
_|o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_|_o|_
Source: https://ascii.co.uk/art/soroban
About this ASCII Art
This unique ASCII art represents soroban and was created using only standard keyboard characters. ASCII art like this demonstrates the creative possibilities of using simple text characters to create visual representations.
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