I believe it allowed you to go up to 34, or thereabouts.
2006-10-07 16:29:30 · 6 answers · asked by xfate_and_faithx 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You use binary (on or off only). Each finger has a certain value:
Thumb - 1
Index -2
Middle - 4
Ring - 8
Little - 16
Stick a finger out to add that value to the number you are counting.
If you want to get say, 27, you use your thumb, index, ring and little finger.
Can get a little bit tricky for certain numbers.
Don't count to 4 in public.
If you want to count to 1023 then keep going on the other hand. (fingers on the other hand are: 32, 64, 128, 256, 512)
2006-10-07 16:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by mediaptera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One method would be to count in binary.
You have five fingers, so you have 2^5 combinations which means you can count from 0 to 31 (or 1 to 32).
Example:
0 -fist
1 - your thumb out
2 - your first finger out
3 - your thumb and first finger out
etc...
2006-10-07 16:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my mom does this weird thing sometimes. you count each part of your finger. as in each finger has 3 parts to it so thats 3 per finger. im not sure if the thumb also counts, but thats 2 more if it does. so thats 14 on each hand.
2006-10-07 18:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.intuitor.com/counting/
2006-10-07 16:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~aharris/chis/chis.html
2006-10-07 16:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by M. Abuhelwa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you mean chismbop?
2006-10-07 16:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋