Importance of Abacus Galileo said “Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the Universe.” As we all know numbers are part and parcel of our daily lives. From the moment of our birth till the end of life, we humans have to deal with numbers. And the irony is that most of us hate the subject called “Mathematics”. The reason has been the complexity in understanding a problem and once understood, getting a relevant and correct solution. It is said, “ The only way to learn Mathematics is to do Mathematics ” Once the child puts his steps into the World of knowledge and starts learning, he is introduced to the number system. Then he gradually moves to the arithmetic calculations and learns many formulas and theorems. But this is not the end…..he is continuously surrounded by numbers in one form or the other all his life…..Roger Bacon said “Mathematics is the Door and Key to the Sciences”. There is not a single subject which does not use numbers in them. Be i...