Notes on Numeration: Arithmetic on a Checkerboard Numerals for the Blind.

Jones, Phillip S.

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ERIC Number: EJ191362

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Publication Date: 1978

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Notes on Numeration: Arithmetic on a Checkerboard Numerals for the Blind.

Jones, Phillip S.

School Science and Mathematics, v78 n6 p481-88 Oct 1978, Oct78

Presented is a historical treatment of computational devices that use counters on a checkerboard. The discussion includes works of John Napier, Walter Minto, and Nicholas Saunderson. (MP)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Blindness, Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Mathematics Education, Numbers, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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