February 24, 2015

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The history of the Calculator | Greatsoft CRM for accountants

THE HISTORY OF THE CALCULATOR In the very beginning, of course was the abacus, a sort of hand operated mechanical calculator using beads on rods, first used by Sumerians and Egyptians around 2000 BC. The principle was simple, a frame holding a series of rods, with ten sliding beads on each. When all the beads had […]

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A CHALLENGE FOR ACCOUNTANTS

So you think you are good at numbers? Try this out!   The Ancient Ethiopians had a unique manner of multiplication that is still used in some parts of the county today.   The scene is a remote Ethiopian village in 1940. A Farmer offers his herd of 34 goats for sale. One goat is

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