Most people can count to 10 on their fingers and thumbs. They could count much higher though. What's the highest number they could count to, and how would they do that?

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anonymous · Answer

28 on the fingers.. by counting the lines on the finger joints

anonymous · Answer

99

anonymous · Answer

Let's say that the fingers can only be tucked in or out.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah Can we count them too

anonymous · Answer

okay

anonymous · Answer

That's two positions per finger / thumb.

anonymous · Answer

20

anonymous · Answer

by simple tucking in and out but if we make it a multistage i think we can have more

saifoo.khan · Answer

$$\huge 100$$

anonymous · Answer

They could count up to what value they want to. One can tuck his/ her 10 fingers in for the first 10 and tuck them out for the second set, and so on and so forth. Lol. Guess :)

anonymous · Answer

The numbers posted so far are too low. Don't forget to post the method for doing this counting.

anonymous · Answer

There doesn't need to be any memory involved in this method of counting.

anonymous · Answer

Even 100 even thats low !!

anonymous · Answer

100 is too low, yes.

saifoo.khan · Answer

lets add a zero.

anonymous · Answer

lol

saifoo.khan · Answer

1000

anonymous · Answer

Add a zero, you're close, but still too low.

anonymous · Answer

What if I said that I could count to 7 on 3 fingers?

anonymous · Answer

IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anonymous · Answer

It's not over 9000 :)

anonymous · Answer

8999? :) Lol.

anonymous · Answer

Hehe, 1000 has been the closest number so far.

anonymous · Answer

What if I said that I could count to 31 on one hand?

anonymous · Answer

Using the chinese finger crease system you can go to 9,999,999,999 or$$10^{10} -1$$

anonymous · Answer

Then you're one smart guy. Lol. Does it involve the lines of the hands?

anonymous · Answer

It involves nothing but sticking your fingers in or out.

anonymous · Answer

What if my right thumb was worth 1, and my right index finger was worth 2?

anonymous · Answer

1023?

anonymous · Answer

And how would I count to 1023? (You are correct by the way)

anonymous · Answer

I know, but dont want to ruin for others to think about it

anonymous · Answer

<-- wants to know. Lol.

anonymous · Answer

I wish there was a way to add spoiler tags to posts.

anonymous · Answer

Cei: yes it does. if you look at your finger it has three creases, and you can use the left, middle and tight of each crease as a seperate number. finger one does 1-9 finger two does 10-90 etc.

It's similar to this system but it goes to bigger numbers.

anonymous · Answer

I only used the fingers. 
First finger has value $$2^{0}$$
Second has $$2^{1}$$
Third $$2^{2}$$
and so on and so on. The last is 2^9=512
This way you can show each number between 1 to $$2^9+2^8+....+2+1=1023$$

anonymous · Answer

Also known as a binary counting system