• stevep@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Base 6 however is perfect for 2 hands with 5 fingers each. You can easily represent the six possible digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 on each hand, and can therefore comfortably count to 55 (decimal 35) with two hands, using our familiar place-value numeral system.

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      1 year ago

      I like the idea of base 12 counting the segments of your fingers with your thumb. Though its less intuitive.