Level 3: Speed & Anzan — Mental Math (Ages 8–10)
Take the abacus off the screen and into your child's head.
Anzan is the skill that makes abacus learners famous: calculating by picturing the beads instead of touching them. Level 3 builds it in five modes, from a guided series with the abacus on screen to numbers flashing with no abacus at all. Modes are not locked in sequence, so children can mix speed work with visualisation practice.
Set up each round your way
- 1
How many numbers
The length of the series to add and subtract
35710 - 2
How big
Single digits (1–9) or two digits (10–49)
1-digit2-digit - 3
How fast
Flash speed for Anzan and Flash Challenge
SlowNormalFastBlazing - 4
How long
Speed Drill runs against the clock, one point per correct answer
30 s60 s90 s
The 5 modes
- 1
Guided Series
Abacus step by step — each number appears one by one and the child follows along on the abacus (or lets it move automatically).
- 2
Semi-Anzan
Watch the abacus — it updates automatically while the child keeps the running total in their head.
- 3
Full Anzan
Pure mental math — numbers flash on screen one at a time with no abacus. Picture the beads and answer.
- 4
Speed Drill
Race the clock — equations appear one after another for 30, 60 or 90 seconds, one point per correct answer.
- 5
Flash Challenge
Rapid-fire numbers in four tiers: Starter (3 numbers, slow) → Explorer → Expert → Master (10 two-digit numbers, blazing).
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Level 1 is completely free — no card, no trial clock. Download Abacus Kids and let your child move their first bead in minutes.
