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-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
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.