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Our Butterworth AMA Centre is located at the Jalan Raja Uda Business Centre next to the Raja Uda Food Court (RU) . Our centre was established in 2006 and was registered as the Abacus Arithmetic Mental Centre by the centre’s principal-Mr Low Kok Leong. Our central computation techniques were brought back by our central principals from various countries by participating in meetings and exchange meetings of studies on the mental arithmetic of this abacus such as China, Japan and Taiwan.  \nOur centre also has close ties with the Malaysian Mental Arithmetic Association (2015) and abroad. Our centre principal is also the chairman of the Mental Arithmetic Association (2015) and he also regularly holds experience exchange meetings and often conducts research to improve the quality and techniques of teaching on abacus mental arithmetic calculation techniques with association members and also associations abroad. Our centre principals are also often invited by abacus mental arithmetic schools in our country and abroad to provide education and advice on calculation and teaching techniques to them. Our centre also collaborates with other centres in Malaysia as contributors of training book materials displayed by our centre.  \nIn addition, the teachers at our centre were also invited by several primary schools as coaches of their abacus mental arithmetic association. The AMA Butterworth Centre is also one of the organizers of the largest abacus arithmetic competition and mental examination in Malaysia.  \nINTRODUCTION TO TEACHING  \nMental Arithmetic Abacus  \nAccording to our study, this calculation technique has existed for more than 180 years before, and it is still used to this generation in some developed countries on our earth. For example, China and Japan. To learn this advanced mental arithmetic Abacus technique, we need an abacus/suanpan as an aid. The best age to learn about this calculation technique is at the age of 4 years to the age of 12 and practice at the age of 13 to the age of 18 . By learning this calculation technique, students can increase efficiency and speed in their calculation process.  \nIn addition, this calculation technique will also bring many benefits such as increasing students' sensitivity to numbers, increasing the level of cooperation between the left and right brain, improving mental fitness, increasing their focus in problem solving, and so on.  \nThis calculation technique has been studied to be able to complete the calculation of numbers against addition, subtraction, multiplication and division more quickly to get the correct answer compared to modern calculators on the market after adequate training. Someone who has mastered this abacus arithmetic mental calculation technique is also known as a moving calculator.  \nINTRODUCTION TO TEACHING  \nMental Arithmetic Abacus  \n1. Abacus/suanpan  \nThis tool is a traditional calculator used to assist our students in the calculation process at the beginner level.  \nThis abacus consists of 2 parts, the top and the bottom. At the bottom, it consists of 4 beads while at the top, it consists of 1 bead. Each bead at the bottom represents 1 while each bead at the top represents 5 .  \nTherefore, we know that if we add the beads at the top and all the beads at the bottom, we will get the answer 9 on each row.  \nINTRODUCTION TO TEACHING  \nMental Arithmetic Abacus  \n2. Abacus arithmetic mental book material  \nAll abacus arithmetic mental book materials used in our teaching centre are the work of our centre principals. The material of this exercise book was created following the level of mental learning of abacus arithmetic systematically and recognized by the Malaysian Mental Arithmetic Association (2015) . 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Abacus arithmetic mental book material\n# Classes Courses Summary\n## Preschool Education (A1)\n## Basic (BASIC A, BASIC B)\n## Elementary Level\n## Intermediate Level (Addition, Subtraction)\n## Higher Level (Multiplication, Division)","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of the Butterworth AMA Centre?\",\"answer\":\"To teach the mental technique of abacus arithmetic as a traditional but more efficient computational method.\"},{\"question\":\"At what age should students learn and practice this mental arithmetic technique?\",\"answer\":\"The best learning age is 4 to 12, with practice recommended from 13 to 18.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the abacus/suanpan described in the teaching tool section?\",\"answer\":\"It is described as having 2 parts (top and bottom), with 1 bead at the top representing 5 and 4 beads at the bottom representing 1 each, producing 9 per row when combined.\"}]","AMA Centre Butterworth Mental Arithmetic Abacus - Introduction to the Institution - Teaching | PDF",106]