"Entering the number 10,000 takes only one stroke on the abacus, but five on a calculator," notes Wu Wen-hsiung, international judge at abacus competitions.
「像是一萬，算盤只要撥上一個珠子，電算機卻要按上五個鍵」，擁有國際珠算裁判身分的吳文雄舉例。