Finger-counting, also known as dactylonomy, is the act of counting using one's fingers. There are multiple different systems used across time and between...
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counting all of the marks when done tallying. Tallying is base 1 counting. Finger counting is convenient and common for small numbers. Children count...
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Finger binary is a system for counting and displaying binary numbers on the fingers of either or both hands. Each finger represents one binary digit or...
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tendons to the bones. A lone index finger held vertically is often used to represent the number 1 (but finger counting differs across cultures), or when...
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Morra (game) (redirect from Finger counting game)
place and close their fingers one at a time as counting moves around the circle. When no fingers are left, the final player counted is selected. Some variants...
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Chinese number gestures (category Finger-counting)
facing the signer. Counting with fingers is often different from expressing a specific number with a finger gesture. When counting, the palm can be either...
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Senary (category Finger-counting)
gestures. As senary finger counting also deviates only beyond 5, this counting method rivals the simplicity of traditional counting methods, a fact which...
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Ethnomathematics (section Finger counting)
may suspect this is based on an ancient tradition of finger counting. Residues of ancient counting by 20s and 12s are the words "score", "dozen", and "gross"...
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Chisanbop (category Finger-counting)
chisenbop (from Korean chi (ji) finger + sanpŏp (sanbeop) calculation 지산법/指算法), sometimes called Fingermath, is a finger counting method used to perform basic...
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interpreted as finger-counting since of the 32 possible patterns the fingers can produce, only five (the ones typically used in counting from one to five)...
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Knuckle mnemonic (category Fingers)
finger, some people reverse direction and continue from the index finger knuckle (counting it for both July and August) and ending on the ring finger...
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Natural number (redirect from Counting numbers)
primitive method of representing a natural number is to use one's fingers, as in finger counting. Putting down a tally mark for each object is another primitive...
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clasp V sign Finger-counting Chinese number gestures Chisanbop Finger binary Obscene gestures Anasyrma Bras d'honneur Fig sign Middle finger Mooning Mountza...
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finger as an on/off bit, allowing finger counting from zero to 102310 on ten fingers. Another system for counting up to FF16 (25510) is illustrated on the...
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meaning to "fuck you" or "up yours", having the same meaning as giving the finger. To make the gesture, an arm is bent in an L-shape, with the fist pointing...
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Thumb signal (category Fingers)
Commons has media related to Thumb gestures. OK (gesture) Finger (gesture) Finger-counting, in which the thumb indicates the number one. Carlton S. Coon:...
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dictionary. A finger cot (also finger frock or finger stall, informally finger condom) is a medical device used to cover one or more fingers in situations...
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target. The test reliability may improve when techniques like finger counting, finger wiggling, identifying a target etc. are combined. Confrontation...
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classrooms internationally. Chopsticks (sticks) Clapping games Mercy Morra (finger counting) Odds and evens Pat-a-cake and variations: Mary Mack Red hands (or...
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Che vuoi? (redirect from Pinched fingers)
gestures of Italy. In English, it is sometimes referred to as "pinched fingers" or "finger purse" (Italian: mano a borsa). It is meant to express disbelief...
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systems using hand-held flags, other objects, or the hands themselves Finger counting Chinese number gestures Open outcry hand signaling Fingerspelling or...
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Jazz hands (redirect from Spirit Fingers)
the extension of a performer's hands with palms toward the audience and fingers splayed. This position is also referred to as webbing. It is commonly associated...
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subsequent letters correspond to subsequent fingers, counting from the top: thumb → F; first finger → B; second finger → I. There is also a Fleming's left-hand...
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Korean finger counting system Chisanbop uses a bi-quinary system, where each finger represents a one and a thumb represents a five, allowing one to count from...
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management. The Gonzo fist emblem, characterized by two thumbs and four fingers holding a peyote button, was originally used in Hunter S. Thompson's 1970...
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are a form of numeral used for counting. They can be thought of as a unary numeral system. They are most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results,...
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subject, including a sector of the brain generally related to childlike "finger counting", probably used in his mind to relate numbers to the visual cortex...
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spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called añjali...
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Counting in prehistory was first assisted by using body parts, primarily the fingers. This is reflected in the etymology of certain number names, such...
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developed at least 50,000 years ago. Early mathematical ideas such as finger counting have also been represented by collections of rocks, sticks, bone, clay...
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