BrookeBaybee [she/her,love/loves] to chapotraphouse • 2 years ago"The Metric system is so cool, you've gotta switch to it"message-squaremessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up152file-text
arrow-up152message-square"The Metric system is so cool, you've gotta switch to it"BrookeBaybee [she/her,love/loves] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square22 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoolkidbozzy [he/him]hexbear9·2 years agoYes but also metric is useful in science because base 10 makes unit conversion intuitive link
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoBase 12 gang gang! Can count to twelve on one hand, 144 if you use both. link
minus-squareNephroni [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoHow can you count to anything above 5 on one hand. link
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoUsing your thumb, count on each finger the tip, first and second folds. You get to 12 link
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoCould be. But if you're counting in base 12 then you can treat one hand as single digits, and the other as sets of 12. Technically you could do the same in base 5 to count to 25 using whole fingers on two hands. link
Yes but also metric is useful in science because base 10 makes unit conversion intuitive
Base 12 gang gang! Can count to twelve on one hand, 144 if you use both.
How can you count to anything above 5 on one hand.
Using your thumb, count on each finger the tip, first and second folds. You get to 12
Well shouldn't both hands be 24?
Could be. But if you're counting in base 12 then you can treat one hand as single digits, and the other as sets of 12. Technically you could do the same in base 5 to count to 25 using whole fingers on two hands.