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How to count to 1000 on two hands

2015-09-18

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Typically when we think of counting on two hands, we count up to 10, but fingers can contain much more information than that! This video shows how to think about counting in binary.


Think of each finger as representing a power of 2
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Can you see the pattern for incrementing?
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After practicing for a minute or two, you're mind starts doing it automatically.
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