Most number tools show children what to count. The Linear Abacus shows them how number works.

This 100-bead string is the hands-on tool at the centre of the Linear Abacus method — a research-grounded approach to number and measurement developed for parents and educators who want children to genuinely understand mathematics, not just perform it.

Your child uses real, moveable cube beads to build numbers with their hands — seeing groups form, watching tens emerge, discovering why place value works the way it does. The beads are colour-grouped in alternating sets of ten, making the structure of our number system visible at a glance. Understanding that arrives through the hands stays. It doesn’t need to be relearned every year.

What this tool supports: Place value · Addition and subtraction · Multiplication and division · Fractions, decimals and percentages · Length, area and volume · Unit conversions · Algebra readiness

One tool. One coherent structure. Suitable for Grades 1–8 — and designed to grow with your child across all of them.

Pair it with any Linear Abacus book or program to get the full guided method, complete with scripted conversations and step-by-step activities you can use together at the kitchen table — no maths expertise required.

Each string comes in its own fabric pouch.