How do you use a abacus in a simple way?

Each column is a digit, and the top two beads each represent 5 and the bottom 5 beads each represent 1. To read it, you add up the values of the "top" beads that are dropped down and the "bottom" beads that are raised up, and you read the number left to right.

You just need to add 32 to 14 and get 46.