merdaverse to Political Cartoons@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 days agoEnemy at the gatesimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarethen_three_morelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoYou can also count to 12 on the fingers of one hand.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIf you count each finger knuckle you can get 12, and use each finger(including the thumb) as a multipler, you can get 60 and now you know why a lot of things are base 12 and 60. Very handy to carry a pocket calculator in 3,000BC
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYou can count to 31 on one hand. 1023 on two.
You can also count to 12 on the fingers of one hand.
If you count each finger knuckle you can get 12, and use each finger(including the thumb) as a multipler, you can get 60 and now you know why a lot of things are base 12 and 60. Very handy to carry a pocket calculator in 3,000BC
That’s true for 10 then too…
On one hand?
You can count to 31 on one hand. 1023 on two.
They mean the pads on the fingers
Or joint