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Thread #11483   Message #2392322
Posted By: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine
18-Jul-08 - 02:34 PM
Thread Name: Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count?
Subject: RE: Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count?
Interesting that it uses base twenty which makes you wonder, did some ancient cultures originally count on their fingers AND toes?

Incidentally you can use a binary (base 2) system where each finger represents a one or zero, each one twice the value of the one to its right. This way you can count up to 31 with one hand, or 1023 with both.