Aba-Conundrums

Aba-Conundrums

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There is a state of timelessness where the only thing that matters is solving the Aba-Conundrum in front of you.

The joy of vibrant, wooden beads on a shining red abacus… the surprising, “of course!” when realization of the answer presents itself in gliding beads.... the satisfaction of documenting your success with erasable marker. It’s all so good.

Eyes, hands, and mind - all in flow to find the puzzle’s solution. Aba-Conundrums, modeled on use of the traditional Abacus, is a series of math puzzles that will excite, motivate, and intrigue both kids and adults.

Inherent in design of this mathematical manipulative - is practice with place value, logical thinking, computation, even investigations with fractions and prime numbers. Aba-Conundrums is one mathematics toy and tool that you won’t want to miss!

From simple to complex, the 120 Aba-Conundrums puzzle pages are arranged in increasing difficulty. Whether the Aba-Conundrums puzzles are solved solo, with a friend, or in a classroom situation, (reproducible materials included), these math puzzles will be visited and revisited until the mystery of each set of clues is solved.

Shuffle into Logic. Slide into Math. Calculate the Clues!

Aba-Conundrums Abacus & Mathematical Puzzles

Mathematical puzzles based on the abacus

Fascinating, mind challenging activity

Builds proficiency in logic & deductive reasoning

Provides practice with place value, computation, fractions, prime numbers

120 puzzling Aba-Conundrums ordered from easy to most difficult

High quality wooden abacus with sliding wooden beads

Brilliantly painted red, yellow, and blue components

Highly durable write-on/ wipe-off puzzle book

Reproducible information included for classroom use
(Make copies of abacus template & laminate, provide seeds or buttons.)

Solutions provided

Fully safety tested

SAMPLE CONUNDRUMS:
The easiest: Clue 1: the 10's place digit is a 6. Clue 2: the 1's and 10's places have the same number of beads. Clue 3: The 1's and 10's digits are not the same.

The most challenging: Clue 1: There are twice as many upper beads as lower beads. Clue 2: The number is less than 500,000. Clue 3: The first and last digits are the same.

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UPC	182129000403

Manufacturer SKU	FA039-1

Date Added to Fat Brain Toys	6/17/2010

Manufactured In	Peoples Republic of China

Manufacturer Recommended Minimum Age	9 years

Fat Brain Toys Monthly Sales Ranking	#1890

Pages	120

Total Customer Reviews:	7
Average Customer Rating:	3.71 (site average 4.56)
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Aba-Conundrums
Posted 1/10/2011

Purchased to assist a 9 year old in understanding math. The relationship between understanding math and using this device was obscure for us. The item was returned.

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Posted 9/22/2010

I like this product. It provides my child with a math challenge she does not get in school. She will pick it up and do 1 or 2 puzzles every so often and then come back in a day or so. I think it will be used for next few years as her abilities grow.

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Posted 8/3/2010 by WILBUR BOOTH

Grandson enjoyed this as much, or more, than his Legos. He is 10 years old and in advanced placement classes. This fit the bill for his analytical skills and problem solving tendencies. He loves challenge and this presented one. Interestingly, it opened up a whole new range of activities he could create. At dinner, without the game, he used the concept to create a "problem" for his Dad to solve. His Dad then created one for him.

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Posted 7/8/2010 by Ronald Knarr

An instruction manual that showed how the product could be used for doing basic math functions would have helped I believe. If the product could be used for higher functions an explanation of how that is done would have been good.

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	The nature of this product is to provide fun math & logic puzzles to stretch your thinking. Please note that Aba-Conundrums is not intended to teach how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide on the abacus. Although it can certainly be used for that purpose by incorporating abacus information readily available in many books and on the internet. We promise to keep your trust in offering products that are especially unique. If any Fat Brain Toy is different than expected, we will slide right in to help. Please visit the Returns & Exchanges center for details.

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