Problem: Read the number on the following abacus:

The correct solution is:

This is the number 100,000,000,000, or 100 billion, because the set earth bead is in the 12th place from the right, the 100 billions place. If you said 1, you're forgetting that a single set bead is only worth 1 in the ones column, or the rightmost column.

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