GB2326960A - Teaching aid for arithmetic - Google Patents

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GB2326960A
GB2326960A GB9714165A GB9714165A GB2326960A GB 2326960 A GB2326960 A GB 2326960A GB 9714165 A GB9714165 A GB 9714165A GB 9714165 A GB9714165 A GB 9714165A GB 2326960 A GB2326960 A GB 2326960A
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    • G09BEDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
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    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09B1/06Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways and having a support carrying or adapted to carry the elements the elements each bearing a single symbol or a single combination of symbols and being attachable to, or mounted on, the support
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09BEDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
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Description

Title: Teaching Aid for Arithmetic The present invention relates to apparatus for use in teaching arithmetical processes including at least one of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and preferably all four, but without limitation to same.
According to the present invention there is provided apparatus comprising at least one elongate base or track member having markings comprising a sequence of numbers and/or symbols which may be representative of said numbers and providing the base or track with a plurality of divisions of equal unit length; and one or more counting modules for use in association with the base or track member, the counting module being selected from a plurality of counting elements of fixed length whose length is a multiple of said unit lengths, or a counting element having means by which its length is selectably incrementable, as hereindefined and hereinafter referred to as an incremental counting element.
The base or track member conveniently incorporates a longitudinal groove which is dimensioned to receive slidably therein at least part of said counting element.
Alternatively said counting element may be grooved to receive and slide on an elongate track member. Conveniently mutually complementary projection and recess means is provided on the base and the counting elements to aid longitudinal positioning relative to the unit length divisions. A particularly convenient arrangement is provided by a spring loaded ball element and a co-operating recess.
Conveniently a series of recesses are provided at intervals spaced along the length of the base or track member - said spacings corresponding to said unit lengths - and each counting element may be provided with one spring loaded ball element.
A plurality of the aforementioned fixed length counting elements are provided.
There will be different lengths of fixed length counting elements and it is preferred to have a plurality of each length. At least the width of the fixed length element is dimensioned to be complementary to the width of the recess in the base member preferably so as to be slidable therealong. In one embodiment the cross-section of each fixed length element corresponds to the cross-section of the recess in the base member. Alternatively it can be advantageous if the depth of the fixed length counting element is greater than the depth of the groove in order to aid gripping and movement of the element in use.
The fixed length counting elements conveniently have division markings corresponding to said unit lengths and preferably carry a marking indicative of the unit length of the counting element. Either or both of these markings are not necessarily on the surface of the counting elements. They may be on the sides, or base, so as not to be visible whilst the counting elements are in use.
The or each incremental counting element comprises a body of fixed length and one or more moveable elements, conveniently in the form of a shutter or more preferably a plurality of individually moveable shutters or the like. The position of the shutter or shutters dictates the arithmetic length of the counting element.
Part of the body of the incremental counting element is dimensioned for cooperating engagement with the base or track member. Preferably the element is slidably moveable with respect to the track member. The moveable elements are moveable in such a way that when the incremental counting element is in cooperating engagement with the base or track member, in one position the moveable elements obscure the numbers on the base or track and in another position the numbers onthe base or track are revealed. Where individually moveable elements are provided on a unit length basis then movement of any one element reveals or conceals one number on the track member. This is to be preferred, and the preferred mechanism uses shutters which slide in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base member. In another embodiment the shutters may pivot in a plane normal to said longitudinal axis. The preferred selectable incrementable counting elements are higher than the depth of the groove in the base and the projecting part accommodates the shutters. Accordingly these incrementable counting elements are easily grasped and moved around.
In an alternative embodiment a single shutter is provided which is slidable in the longitudinal direction thereby revealing the numbers in sequence.
The apparatus preferably further comprises a blocking element which has a part dimensioned to be cooperable slidably with the base or track member and an offset part which blocks off numbers on the base or track member. The blocking element is used in conjunction with an incremental counting element and serves as a positioning element for same. Thus it determines the longitudinal position of the incremental counting element with respect to the base or track member. Preferably there is an addition blocking element and a subtraction blocking element although one blocking element could serve both purposes. For convenience colour coding is employed. Thus elements to be used for addition are all one colour and elements to be used for subtraction are another colour. Preferable the base or track is a different colour and the fixed length counting element yet another colour.
Means may be provided for securing two or more track members together in end to end relation.
The above described apparatus and the method of use will now be described further hereinafter by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a base or track member according to one embodiment, Figures 2a and 2b are perspective views of two alternative fixed length counting elements, Figure 3 is a perspective view of an incremental counting element, Figures 4a and 4b are perspective views of blocking elements for addition and subtraction respectively, Figure 4c is a perspective view of the underside of the blocking element figure 4b Figure 5 is a plan view illustrating use of fixed length counting elements with a base member, Figure 6 is a plan view illustrating elements for use in addition, and Figure 7 is a plan view illustrating elements for use in subtraction.
Figure 1 illustrates a base or track member 1 having a longitudinal groove 3 formed in an upper side thereof. A wing 5 to one side of the groove carries markings, conveniently lines 7, creating a number of equal length divisions. The divisions are numbered and in the illustrated embodiment are numbered 1 through to 13. In the illustrated embodiment the left hand end is un-numbered and corresponds in length to the unit division or a multiple thereof. This may be omitted. In practice the base will be longer than that illustrated, perhaps having twenty equal length divisions.
Figures 2a and 2b illustrate fixed length counting elements, each comprising a rectangular section elongate member. Figure 2a is three units long and Figure 2b is four units long. The width corresponds substantially with the cross section of the groove 3, but has a greater depth in order to better facilitate handling.
Reference is now made to Figure 5 which illustrates the left hand end of a base or track member 1 and two fixed length counting elements 9. The left hand counting element 9 has its left most division aligned with the unit division numbered 1 of the base and as it is three units long occupies three unit divisions of the base.
The right hand fixed length counting member 9 is placed up to the end of the left hand counting element and as in this illustration it has a unit length of 3 it occupies a further three unit divisions of the base member. This serves to illustrate that 3 plus 3 equals 6 ie. the number on the rightward most division of those divisions occupied by the two counting elements. On the other hand the same counters can be used to demonstrate multiplication ie. 2 x 3 = 6. Counting elements of the same length have to be used for multiplication whereas for addition different lengths of counting elements can be employed. This identical set-up also demonstrates division. In this case 6 - 3 is illustrated. The number of elements which fill the space constitutes the result of dividing the initial number (on the base) opposite the right end of the rightmost element base - by the value of each fixed length element.
Reference is now made to Figure 3 which illustrates one embodiment of an incremental counting element. It comprises a body 20 having a width which is dimensioned to be received within the groove 3 of the base or track member 1 and is provided with a plurality of shutters 22 which are slidably received in a respective plurality of apertures 24. Seven shutters are shown in the illustrated embodiment although this is not to be taken as limiting. The preferred embodiment of incremental counting element has ten shutters. As illustrated the sliders are moveable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the counting element. The sliders are moveable to extend from one side or the other of the body 20 and their use will be described further hereinafter with reference to Figures 6 and 7. Conveniently the shutters are limited in their movement so that they move laterally no more than is required to cover, or uncover, the numbers on the base. Rods screwed through the base of the body engage within stopped grooves milled into the slider bases.
Referring now to Figure 4a, a blocking element is illustrated which comprises a body portion 28 dimensioned to be received in the groove 3 of the base or track member 1 and a lateral offset portion 30 which projects to one side of the body 28.
One end may be cut away or provided with aperturing 32 or may be constructed of transparent material 33 say over unit length A compared with an obscure portion B.
The purpose of this will become apparent hereinafter with reference to Figure 6.
Figure 6 illustrates how incremental counting element 3, a blocking element 4a and a track member 1 are used as a teaching aid for addition. For the purpose of the example, 3 is being added to 2. Thus the blocking element is positioned in the groove 3 and moved slidably so that the number 2 on the track is visible in the cut away, transparent or apertured portion A of the blocking element. The incremental slider element is then placed into the groove 3 having had all its sliders moved into a position whereby they cover numbers on the track member, and the counting element is moved to the left until it abuts the end of the blocking element. Three sliders starting at the left hand end are then moved to reveal the numbers on the track member. The last and highest number revealed is the figure 5 which is the sum of 2 and 3. Of course only the third shutter could be removed to reveal the desired result.
Figure 4b illustrates a blocking element for use in performing subtraction and comprises a body 28' dimensioned to be received in groove 3 and an offset portion 30' which in this instance extends the full length of the body. Figure 7 illustrates use of the blocking member shown in 4b and an incremental counting element of Figure 3 for purpose of subtraction. In the example 2 is to be subtracted from 11 and accordingly the blocking element is positioned in the groove 3 so that the left hand end of the offset portion 30' is immediately to the right of the number 11. Thereafter the incremental counting element is positioned in the groove having first moved all the slider elements so that all the numbers are visible. The incremental counting element is moved up to the blocking element and the number of slider elements corresponding to the numbers to be subtracted from 11 are moved to obscure numbers on the track member starting at the right hand end of the incremental counting element. As illustrated in the example the number visible to the left of the slider element is the result of subtracting 2 from l l ie. 9.
For ease of positioning of the blocking elements is it preferred to provide a projection and recess means which in the illustrated embodiment comprises a spring ball 40 mounted to the underside of the body 28,28' of the blocking elements and complementary recesses 42 are disposed in the base of the groove 3. Such projection means may be provided on the incremental counting elements or the fixed length counting elements if felt desirable.
The base or track member does not have to be straight. It may be curved and the fixed length counting elements, for example, may be shaped into forms attractive to children, for example to represent railway trains or animals.
The apparatus may be used to teach basic understanding of negative numbers by extending in the negative direction.

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1. Apparatus comprising at least one elongate base or track member having markings comprising a sequence of numbers and/or symbols which may be representative of said numbers and providing the base or track with a plurality of divisions of equal unit length; and one or more counting modules for use in association with the base or track member, the counting module being selected from a plurality of counting elements of fixed length whose length is a multiple of said unit lengths or a counting element having means by which its length is selectably incrementable, as hereindefined and hereinafter referred to as an incremental counting element.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the base or track member incorporates a longitudinal groove which is dimensioned to receive slidably therein at least part of said counting elements.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which said counting element is grooved to slide on an elongate track member.
4. Apparatus as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3 in which complementary projection and recess means is provided on the base and the counting elements to aid longitudinal positioning relative to the unit length divisions.
5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 in which the mutually complementary projection and recess means comprises a spring loaded ball element and a co operating recess.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 in which a series of recesses are provided at intervals spaced along the length of the base or track member - said spacings corresponding to said unit lengths - and each counting element is provided with one spring loaded ball element.
7. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which a plurality of the aforementioned fixed length counting elements are provided.
8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 7 in which there are different lengths of fixed length counting elements.
9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 in which there are a plurality of each length.
10. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which at least the width of the fixed length element is dimensioned to be complementary to the width of the recess in the base member.
11 Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which the cross section of each fixed length element corresponds to the cross-section of the recess in the base.
12. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of claims 1 to 10 in which the depth of the fixed length counting element is greater than the depth of the groove in order to aid gripping and movement of the element in use.
13. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which the fixed length counting elements have division markings corresponding to said unit lengths.
14. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which the fixed length counting element carry a marking indicative of the unit length of the counting element.
15. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the or each incremental counting element comprises a body of fixed length and one or more moveable elements.
16. Apparatus as claimed in claim 15 in which the moveable elements are in the form of one or more individually moveable shutters.
17. Apparatus as claimed in claim 16 in which the position of the shutters dictates the arithmetic length of the counting element.
18. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claims 15, 16 or 17 in which part of the body of the incremental counting element is dimensioned for cooperating engagement with the base or track member.
19. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claims 15, 16, 17 or 18 in which the element is slidably moveable with respect to the track member.
20. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of claims 15 to 19 in which the moveable elements are moveable in such a way that when the incremental counting element is in cooperating engagement with the base or track member, in one position the moveable elements obscure the numbers on the base or track and in another position the numbers on the base or track are revealed.
21. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 in which movement of anyone element reveals or conceals one number on the track member.
22. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of claims 16 to 21 in which the shutters slide in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base member.
23. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of claims 16 to 21 in which the shutters pivot in a plane normal to said longitudinal axis.
24. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of claims 15 to 23 in which the selectable incremental counting elements are higher than the depth of the groove in the base and the projecting part accommodates the moveable elements.
25. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claim 15 in which a single shutter is provided which is slidable in the longitudinal direction thereby revealing the numbers in sequence.
26. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or anyone of claims 15 to 25 and further comprising a blocking element which has a part dimensioned to be cooperable slidably with the base or track member and an offset part which blocks off numbers on the base or track member.
27. Apparatus as claimed in claim 26 in which the blocking element is used in conjunction with an incremental counting element and serves as a positioning element for same.
28. Apparatus as claimed in claims 26 or 27 in which there is an addition blocking element and a subtraction blocking element.
29. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims in which elements to be used for addition are all one colour and the elements to be used for subtraction are another colour.
30. Apparatus as claimed in claim 29 in which the base or track is a different colour and the fixed length counting element yet another colour.
31. Apparatus as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims and comprising means to secure two or more track members together in end to end relation.
32. Apparatus constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
33. A method of performing arithmetic using apparatus according to anyone of claims 1 to 32.
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