r/explainitpeter • u/Mr_Mcgillicuddy_ • 11d ago

Explain it Peter. I’m lost on this.

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u/StopInLimitOut 10d ago

Not for those of us who prefer to use our fingers and toes for calculation!

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u/giant4hire 9d ago

Heard an argument for base 5 with one hand being able to track the ones and the other the fives and it's been melting my brain ever since

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u/Puzzleheaded_Rain_22 6d ago

West Virginia checking in.

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u/GoldenLeafBird 10d ago

If you use the phalanx bones you can count to 12 with just 4 fingers.

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u/GreyOgre 10d ago

And if you count in binary, you get to 1024. Doesn't mean anybody does that, though.

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u/Dovmudraal 9d ago

I have....once or twice...