Yesssss!
The Abax is back!

Once again, the "Mother of all Manipulatives" is available
only at MathMojo.com
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The e-Booklets (downloadable PDFs):

• Numbers Juggling Times Without the Tables
  e-Booklet (PDF)
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• Change for the Better
  A New, Quicker Way to Make Change with Cash (With no Carrying!)
  e-Booklet (PDF)
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• The See-Say-Write Method of Addition Mojo
  e-Booklet (PDF)
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  The See-Say-Write Method of Addition Mojo
  Practice-Pad (PDF) (Companion to See-Say-Write Method e-Booklet )
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  The Abax:

• Abax and Marbles (Now Abailable!)
  Handmade abax out of poplar wood. 36 marbles which fit this particular abax.
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• Instruction Booklets for the Abax (Now Available!)
  Physical booklet or e-Booklet (PDF)
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The Guarantee: If for any reason you are not totally satisfied with any Math Mojo product within 90 days, the full purchase price (not including shipping) will be promptly and courteously refunded. This is a no-hassles guarantee. I want you to be entirely satisfied. I want every child to be able to feel good about his or her math abilities, and every parent, teacher or other adult who works with children to enjoy showing them these methods. If you feel that a product doesn't help you, PLEASE let me know, and I will refund your purchase price immediately. I'd appreciate if you could tell me what you found lacking (but you don't have to, of course) so I can constantly improve it.

Learn How to Turbocharge your Math Skills
With Math Mojo Booklets

Computers are nice, but they are seldom around when you need them to do math!
You can learn and practice some things on this site, but if you really want to get good at math, you need to practice and learn in different circumstances.

Learning from books is a different, more active experience than learning from a computer screen.
The insights you can gain from the"Math Mojo" series of booklets are deeper versions of what you can experience here.

Learn at your own speed, away from screen, with "Math Mojo" booklets.
Find out how you can perform mathematical operations with ease and accuracy, and feel much better about your math abilities.

The booklets are available within a few days, mailed to you by US mail First Class, Priority, Global Priority or Air Mail Letter Post within 24 hours of verification of payment.

• All of these booklets are basic speed-math, and they are very easy to learn from.
  
  
• Any adult, or student from middle-school on should be able to learn from them on their own.
  
  
• They are also entirely suitable for children from second grade on to learn from.
  

Numbers Juggling -
Times Without the Tables
The downloadable e-book
Numbers Juggling - (Times Without the Tables!)

This booklet will teach you an amazing way to do simple multiplying, without tables or rote memory! This is the first booklet I would ever use to help a child who gets frustrated with the "times tables." I would also recommend it for adults, because it gives you a fascinating introduction to some of the essential elements of speed-math. These methods form the basis of many of the things you will learn in more advanced speed-math. Both printed and e-booklet versions come with lots of bonus materials. Find out more about Numbers Juggling - Times Without the Tables

The See-Say-Write Method of Addition Mojo

This simple lesson teaches two things:

1. How to add two 2-digit numbers (like 67 + 89) with lightning-speed. As soon as you see the numbers, you know their sum. This skill is one of the fundamental building-blocks of further speed-math lessons. Even if you think you can add well enough, don't miss out on this method. The ways you add now are useless for speed-math compared to the See-Say-Write method. This booklet will get you on your way to turbo-charged addition, and
   
   
2. The most amazing way to check your answers you have ever seen! This is the probably the single most important thing you can learn in beginning speed-math. We will build on this skill in future booklets, but you can begin to learn and use it immediately upon reading it here. This is great stuff!

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Companion Practice-pad to The See-Say-Write Method of Addition Mojo

This pad will give you the opportunity to get your skills up to master-level. There are 50 pages of short exercises. It's easy to do a page a day, and develop the "addition muscle" that will give you skill and confidence to achieve higher understanding of how numbers work.

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The ABAX (Finally back in stock!) This is it! This is probably the only place on the ' net (or anywhere else) to get an abax, and instructions on how to use it.

Why learn with an abax? There are so many reasons, but here are some of the best:

Counting and opererating with numbers on an abax is a way to SEE and FEEL exactly how our number system works. Numbers become actual things on a abax, not just symbols on paper.

This is a way to get the feel for numbers in your bones. Schools spend a lot of money trying to find the right "manipulatives" for students. The abax was one of the first manipulatives ever used to deal with our number system, and is still is one of the best.

The abax is the precursor of the abacus. The abacus is a proven tool for manipulating numbers, which is still used in parts of the world. People who use it are invariably better at dealing with numbers than people who don't.

The abax is easier to learn than the abacus, and visually makes more sense. If you decide to learn to use an abacus, then the abax is the place to start.

When you learn to use the abax with Math Mojo, you are not just using one of the best tools for learning, but you are learning some of the best methods for using that tool. You will not simply be learning "how to add, subtract, etc." You will be learning how to do speed-math, getting more accurate results than ever before, and you will UNDERSTAND why the methods work. You will have a sense for numbers which will help you gain confidence in your mastery of math.

Learning Math Mojo with the abax is great for people who already can do the basic operations, but want to get deeper understanding of why the operations work the way they do, and improve their skills.

It is also an absolutely great way to teach children. Not only will they better understand what they learn in school, but they will have methods beyond those standards. They will be far and away more skillful with numbers than other kids their age. 

Since these methods will be new to young and old, what a wonderful way they are for a parent to teach a child! Both will have fun learning with each other. There's nothing like seeing the lightbulb go on in someone's head. Share that experience with someone in your family.

Abax mailed within US/Canada    $34.95	Abax mailed outside US/Canada   $34.95
(+ $5.00 handling and shipping by First Class US Mail within 24 hours of your order. Allow 2-7 days for delivery.)	(+ $9.00 handling and shipping by US Air Mail Letter Post within 24 hours of your order. Delivery times vary by nation.)
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ABAX Instruction Booklets   

The first in the series of Math Mojo booklets for the abacus is
"Counting and Adding with Math Mojo on an Abax
(How to Understand and Begin to Manipulate Numbers Like a Pro)".

If you want to understand how our number system works, this booklet is for you. If you want to be able to add easier, faster, and more accurately, this booklet is for you, too. If you have children who plan to do either, this booklet is for them as well. With the techniques described here, you will be able deal with numbers like never before. The basics of manipulating numbers are clearly explained, with many illustrations, so you will be able to follow everything, without that typical feeling of, "I don’t get it!"

With these techniques you will:

• be able you to SEE and FEEL how, and why numbers the way they do
• understand a new, more effective way to do addition, starting from the left
• open your mind about math
• increase you personal pride in your math abilities

This booklet is a godsend for people who want to teach themselves or someone else more advanced (yet easier!) ways to add than you learned in school.

Parents- Do you get frustrated with the schools when they can’t teach your child to add? Give you children an advantage by improving their confidence in their calculating skills. Help them and yourself by teaching them on the abax with the help of this booklet.

Students – Did anyone ever give you the feeling that you were "just no good at math?" Shove those words right down their ignorant throats after you get a much better grasp of numbers anyone (including yourself) ever thought you’d have!

Teachers – Searching for a method to reach those "hard-to-teach" kids? You can reach a high percent of those students with this clear introduction to Math Mojo and the Abax.

School Administrators – Why not be the ones to really see the light and help hundreds (if not thousands) of children? Your school needs solid ways of reaching those students who "fall through the cracks." The abax can be that safety net. Make sure any educator in your district who teaches math understands and utilizes the methods in this booklet.

Want more information on what the abax is and how to use one? There are plenty of pages up about that at this website. Look on the navigation bar.

Booklet mailed within US/Canada    $14.95	Booklet mailed outside US/Canada   $14.95	Downloadable e-book  $9.95
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