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Finger-counting

Started By *Anastasia , Mar 02 2014 05:50 AM

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Poll: How do you count on your fingers? (16 member(s) have cast votes)

Handedness

Right-Handed (11 votes [68.75%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 68.75%
Left-Handed (3 votes [18.75%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 18.75%
Ambidextrous (2 votes [12.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 12.50%

Counting on a single hand, which do you usually use?

Right hand (6 votes [37.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 37.50%
Left hand (10 votes [62.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 62.50%

Counting on a single hand, do you...

...start with your index finger for 1, moving through to your pinkie for 4, and extend your thumb for 5? (11 votes [68.75%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 68.75%
...start with your thumb for 1, moving through to your pinkie for 5? (5 votes [31.25%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 31.25%
...start with your pinkie for 1, moving through to your thumb for 5? (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
...use another method to count in decimal? (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
...count in a non-decimal base (such as binary or duodecimal)? (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%

Counting on two hands, do you...?

...start with your index finger for 6, moving through to your pinkie for 9, and extend your thumb for 10? (9 votes [56.25%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 56.25%
...start with your thumb for 6, moving through to your pinkie for 10? (5 votes [31.25%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 31.25%
...start with your pinkie for 6, moving through to your thumb for 10? (2 votes [12.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 12.50%
...use another method to count in decimal from 6 to 10? (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
...count in another base (such as binary or duodecimal)? (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
(I do not count on two hands.) (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%

If you count in decimal, how do you count higher than 10?

I extend digits opposite my starting point to act as 10 markers. (3 votes [18.75%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 18.75%
I hold certain digits together or apart to act as 10 markers. (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
I use another method to count higher than 10. (6 votes [37.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 37.50%
(I do not count in decimal.) (6 votes [37.50%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 37.50%
(I do not count higher than 10.) (1 votes [6.25%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 6.25%

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#1 *Anastasia

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Posted 02 March 2014 - 05:50 AM

I discovered the other day that there are in fact differences in how people count on their fingers. After discussing this with Phate and King William, I've decided to make a poll to judge how the differences play out across our forums.

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Posted 02 March 2014 - 06:55 AM

Everyone who counts higher than ten on their fingers needs to learn to count in binary.

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Posted 02 March 2014 - 08:29 AM

If I had to count higher than 10 on my fingers I'd probably use the right to count 1-10 and then extend a left finger to mark 10 and start over. Sort of like an abacus. That would get me to 50 anyway. But I can't remember the last time I counted that high on fingers. Anything over 10 I'd probably just count in my head.

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