Ryan Gill schrieb:
> At 1:21 PM -0400 10/28/08, Tom B wrote:
How do you do that? Is that the limit of the counting method or could you go
higher?
I can count up to 1023 (2**10-1)using both hands by using the fingers as
binary digits, and I have seen people count to 10 on one hand - count
from 1 to 5 normally (I.... is 1, IIIII is 5) and then go on bending
fingers in reverse order ( .IIII is 6, ..III is 7 etc.)-
But I never heard of counting specifically to 144.
Greetings Karl Heinz
> K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
You count in base 12 using the one digit per hand, and tracking each digit by
using the thumb to point to one of the 12 finger segments on each hand.
Personally I use binary (2x32) when counting teas vs. coffees. Or
either 359 (using 5x60/5x10/10-mental) or 1024 (10x2). If I have to do
calculations then 2x32 and working in powers of 2 rounded to the nearest
0.5 (remembering that 2^0.5 is a factor of 1.4, not 1.5) is both more
accurate than base-10 (obviously) and simpler to handle fractional
components (1.4 vs 1.3).
> I can count up to 1023 (2**10-1)using both hands by using
Hi Karl,
This is a (hopefully) simple explanation:
-Use the thumb of the right hand to count the joints of your fingers in
sequence.
-When you get to the last joint of your little finger you have reached
twelve.
-Then carry one by touching your left thumb on the tip of your little
finger.
-Count through the joints again on your right hand when you reach twelve
carry one and move your thumb down a joint.
-So, when you reach the last joint of the second finger you have 36 (3 x
12), the first joint of third finger is 48 and so on up to 144 (12 x
12).
> At 9:29 AM +0000 10/29/08, David Lalinde wrote:
Puts the dozen in a whole new light don't it?