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Step 10How to use for weights
The Chinese abacus has an additional row on the top deck. This second row of beads are used to count in 16ths (hexadecimal). This allows the abacus to be used to tally weight in pounds and ounces.
There's 16 ounces to each 1 pound. We use the rows as before but instead of going to the next row over at a 10 count you count 15 in the same row, the 16th bead is counted on the next row over, indicating 1 pound.
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There's 16 ounces to each 1 pound. We use the rows as before but instead of going to the next row over at a 10 count you count 15 in the same row, the 16th bead is counted on the next row over, indicating 1 pound.
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