The wireframe may be used either with positional notation like other abacuses (thus the 10-wire version may represent numbers up to 9,999,999,999), or each bead may represent one unit (e.g. 74 can be represented by shifting all beads on 7 wires and 4 beads on the 8th wire, so numbers up to 100 may be represented).
ðə wˈaɪɚfɹeɪm mˈeɪ biː jˈuːzd ˈiːðɚ wɪð pəzˈɪʃənəl noʊtˈeɪʃən lˈaɪk ˈʌðɚɹ ˈæbɐkəsᵻz ðˈʌs ðə tˈɛnwˈaɪɚ vˈɜːʒən mˈeɪ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnt nˈʌmbɚz ˌʌp tə nˈaɪn,nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn,nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn,nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, ɔːɹ ˈiːtʃ bˈiːd mˈeɪ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnt wˈʌn jˈuːnɪt ˈiː.dʒˈiː. sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ kæn biː ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd baɪ ʃˈɪftɪŋ ˈɔːl bˈiːdz ˌɔn sˈɛvən wˈaɪɚz ænd fˈoːɹ bˈiːdz ɔnðɪ ˈeɪtθ wˈaɪɚ, sˌoʊ nˈʌmbɚz ˌʌp tə wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd mˈeɪ biː ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd.