How high can you count on your fingers? (Spoiler: much higher than 10) - James Tanton

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024

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  • @aralkhalifaaa
    @aralkhalifaaa 5 лет назад +3373

    Math teacher: Stop doing signs with your hands!
    Me: I am counting.

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 4 года назад +38

      signs blood. Uh oh

    • @Mahfy3w
      @Mahfy3w 4 года назад +140

      Me: **counting with binary fingers**
      The deaf guy wondering why I want to bring back the Soviet union: Hmmm

    • @-mikko-1373
      @-mikko-1373 4 года назад +8

      @@Mahfy3w lmao

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 года назад +6

      @@Mahfy3w I literally want soviet union back.

    • @almond6658
      @almond6658 4 года назад +2

      @@Mahfy3w Fellow Cuber!

  • @doraliu8610
    @doraliu8610 4 года назад +1725

    3:04 That is a very Sad Pluto.

    • @heisenberg6388
      @heisenberg6388 4 года назад +36

      Rip Pluto ;(

    • @ipshitachakraborty1903
      @ipshitachakraborty1903 4 года назад +15

      Ok....so there is someone more interested in the scribbles more than the 'counting gone over my head'😍

    • @HoeShiet
      @HoeShiet 4 года назад +3

      dread true it’s his mom

    • @nihalmohammed6674
      @nihalmohammed6674 4 года назад

      @@HoeShiet 😂😂

    • @FinnKid1
      @FinnKid1 4 года назад +1

      he :(

  • @oliver-mk
    @oliver-mk 2 года назад +799

    “How high can you count with your fingers?”
    Me: laughs in ASL

    • @althe4564
      @althe4564 2 года назад +25

      I’ve been looking for these comments lol

    • @lootsgaming4428
      @lootsgaming4428 2 года назад +30

      It’s funny because 1000000 is easier than their way of saying 11 in the binary system

    • @Light_Mode227
      @Light_Mode227 2 года назад +10

      @@lootsgaming4428 actually 11 is 1011 so 1000000 is not easier than 11 in binary.

    • @user-yo2yh3ro5b
      @user-yo2yh3ro5b 2 года назад +2

      What's asl

    • @LOLlol-hy4co
      @LOLlol-hy4co 2 года назад

      @Erik's Life Tips *phrase

  • @tednirvana2
    @tednirvana2 4 года назад +1990

    Teacher: what's 3⁴x11?
    Me: shows middle fingers
    Teacher: how DARE you!!!
    Me: it's 891, you uncultured swine!

    • @aslesha8255
      @aslesha8255 3 года назад +28

      AHAHAHHAHAHA

    • @washmonument
      @washmonument 3 года назад +12

      @@aslesha8255 *yep.*

    • @tednirvana2
      @tednirvana2 3 года назад +24

      @Aarushi Patidar wait a second.
      So all human inventions don't come from a RUclips video???! 🤔🤔
      How 😳😳😳😳

    • @tednirvana2
      @tednirvana2 3 года назад +5

      @Aarushi Patidar third world country sense of humor duhh

    • @Wither_AnimationsTCO
      @Wither_AnimationsTCO 3 года назад +6

      @@tednirvana2 the human created math like 300-700 years ago

  • @user-jp7hu3jh4e
    @user-jp7hu3jh4e 5 лет назад +5696

    In kindergarten I imagined my toes to help me count once I got past 10😂

    • @petewotb
      @petewotb 4 года назад +58

      Me too!

    • @MiloDragon
      @MiloDragon 4 года назад +157

      I literally took off my shoe

    • @3psilon_
      @3psilon_ 4 года назад +20

      After watching Smash Direct 5, Sakurai showed me that you can count up to 31 on 1 hand

    • @mehmedcavas3069
      @mehmedcavas3069 4 года назад +10

      this also the way how the old people in maya counted. They had a 20 based system

    • @makemaggaraaagd6820
      @makemaggaraaagd6820 4 года назад +4

      Umm i figure out At 2 years old that i can do over 1000... And toes give 1000 More, so i can break world Record by counting my fingers. (1,000,000 is WR)

  • @elsey6885
    @elsey6885 7 лет назад +1303

    "Yo dawg your throwin up gang signs?"
    "Asking for a fight dawg?"
    "No, im just counting to 59,048 with my fingers."

    • @i.liketocommentlongcomment8558
      @i.liketocommentlongcomment8558 7 лет назад +7

      Haha nice one

    • @devilsadvocate7296
      @devilsadvocate7296 7 лет назад +8

      Shrekrecker when typing or writing we think of how the word sounds when talking to write at least I do also the ' takes a change in state when on your phone and people either turn off auto correct or don't use it so that one little click when you type out your but mean you're goes unused most people know the difference though they just don't care enough to mess up their rhythm when typing also schools are meant to give kids the basics so they can decide what they enjoy funny thing is even if a kid is smart in math they will likely still end up doing heavy lifting for the first few years of their working life if they don't have money ... no matter your race or gender (sighs)

    • @AndresGarcia-xj3vt
      @AndresGarcia-xj3vt 7 лет назад +14

      *don't

    • @ottopike737
      @ottopike737 7 лет назад +2

      that would certainly be an interesting conversation...

    • @LaZPavony
      @LaZPavony 5 лет назад

      @@shrekrecker well to be fair, someone that wants to throw hands over you seemingly doing gang signs probably doesn't know the difference.

  • @kevincorey4406
    @kevincorey4406 4 года назад +150

    “Why are you giving me the finger?”
    “I’m not. I’m counting to four.”

    • @Lussimio
      @Lussimio 2 года назад +3

      Nice one

    • @clemente3966
      @clemente3966 2 года назад +7

      Or 128 if you consider that hand the second hand

    • @7cpm293
      @7cpm293 Год назад

      @@clemente3966 136 is godly imo

    • @RobloxKid123
      @RobloxKid123 Год назад +1

      @@7cpm293 132 actually (128 + 4)

    • @SuperFallingMario
      @SuperFallingMario 6 месяцев назад

      me when i reach 132 :

  • @Imamotherfreakingavocado
    @Imamotherfreakingavocado 4 года назад +587

    Me: Counting to 59048.
    My maths teacher: wondering why I'm trying to summon satan.

    • @ZylowHF
      @ZylowHF 4 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @garlicandmayo
      @garlicandmayo 4 года назад +5

      Dorime👽itze👽emoh👽rataparae👽dorime👽amumu👽ameno👽ratedae👽lateedae👽moe👽dorime👽ameno👽olmena👽depadari👽ameno👽dimedae👽

    • @myweirdsecondchannelwithap2771
      @myweirdsecondchannelwithap2771 2 года назад +1

      Copied

    • @ProfessionalBugLover
      @ProfessionalBugLover 2 года назад +1

      @@myweirdsecondchannelwithap2771 copied

    • @tinyguy4737
      @tinyguy4737 2 года назад +1

      @@ProfessionalBugLover copied

  • @PublicDomain_US
    @PublicDomain_US 5 лет назад +1794

    When you are just counting during your math class but get kicked out for throwing up gang signs😂😂

    • @sonic3817
      @sonic3817 4 года назад +10

      At the beginning they do the middle finger

    • @sonic3817
      @sonic3817 4 года назад +55

      0:09

    • @sleeeepyy_
      @sleeeepyy_ 4 года назад +1

      @Anh Khoi Nguyen 👌

    • @Zyghqwyv
      @Zyghqwyv 4 года назад +1

      132 in binary
      Figure it out

    • @Zyghqwyv
      @Zyghqwyv 4 года назад

      Flop Duarte 🤫 keep it a secret

  • @aleafyshadow
    @aleafyshadow 6 лет назад +1866

    Yo man, you forgot to count all dem atoms in yo hand.

    • @ref_error6245
      @ref_error6245 6 лет назад +63

      Alee Moua with quarks

    • @loveygd8254
      @loveygd8254 6 лет назад +28

      Alee Moua
      With planks

    • @gray6.7
      @gray6.7 6 лет назад +16

      I gotta say maybe 45529043Trillion per hand

    • @luiswongaguirre9135
      @luiswongaguirre9135 6 лет назад +21

      17253492873615287463571836298365187 octonigintillion in 2 hands

    • @w.d.gaster9066
      @w.d.gaster9066 6 лет назад +8

      Alee Moua You forgot proper grammar.

  • @zhangdan5598
    @zhangdan5598 Год назад +132

    My husband and I are both programmers. This video reminded me how we managed to use 5 birthday candles to celebrate the 30-year birthday. We used the same binary mode, 5 birthday candles but only ignite 4 of them which means 16+8+4+2=30.

    • @gabrielbarros493
      @gabrielbarros493 Год назад +8

      Just use 30 candles and a flamethrower, way easier

    • @leyun._.00
      @leyun._.00 Год назад +12

      how about a "3" and a "0" shape candles

    • @wrawler
      @wrawler Год назад +1

      @@leyun._.00 XD

    • @KeksimusMaximus
      @KeksimusMaximus Год назад +5

      I thought programmers aren't poor and can afford more than 5 candles 🤔

    • @mihaleben6051
      @mihaleben6051 Год назад +2

      Thats... thats math.

  • @neerajnandan3519
    @neerajnandan3519 3 года назад +197

    Me: *counts 132*
    Teacher: Get out of the class

    • @parulbhagat3176
      @parulbhagat3176 3 года назад +10

      yes 4 and 128

    • @EHMM
      @EHMM 3 года назад

      @@parulbhagat3176 Me: ; - ;

    • @EHMM
      @EHMM 3 года назад +2

      I guess you could half bend your thumb

    • @Bhuvan_MS
      @Bhuvan_MS 2 года назад

      Lollll

    • @cardbotox
      @cardbotox 2 года назад

      Lmao, i get it

  • @MrHarsh3600
    @MrHarsh3600 7 лет назад +8021

    Even a handless guy can count the number of girls I have made out with

  • @paupaugomiega3955
    @paupaugomiega3955 4 года назад +2693

    Me: just counting
    Some deaf man: scared of why I'm summoning a demon.

    • @zencancube9070
      @zencancube9070 4 года назад +20

      🤣😂 such a funny comment

    • @King-wi4ev
      @King-wi4ev 4 года назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @wildmansam1
      @wildmansam1 4 года назад +32

      Why would a deaf person have more knowledge about demons than a regular person would? A funnier comment would be “some deaf man: scared why I’m about to join the Soviet Union and start neo nazis” ur welcome

    • @riley954
      @riley954 4 года назад +26

      Wildmansam because of sign language and stuff

    • @wildmansam1
      @wildmansam1 4 года назад +9

      sxntqcks my brother is deaf and so is my mother. This isn’t sign language. And even if it was, it would just be sign language, not summoning demon language. Since when can a deaf person summon a demon?

  • @tankunicorn134
    @tankunicorn134 4 года назад +31

    Somebody: has a question
    Ted Ed: *Write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!*

  • @alexanderwhittle7671
    @alexanderwhittle7671 3 года назад +94

    That's so cool! I never thought of using the bones and joints on your fingers, or of using binary digits on your fingers, to count higher than 10. I'm going to practice that.

    • @alexandermcclure6185
      @alexandermcclure6185 6 дней назад

      I like to use Base 12 on my fingers. I can't decide if the other hand should help count to 60 or 144 though, probably 60 because of clocks.

  • @angie0430
    @angie0430 4 года назад +304

    1:54
    All I want for Christmas is you
    Music starts

    • @Omnipresentponi
      @Omnipresentponi 4 года назад +4

      I thought of that too🤣

    • @ChonkyYT
      @ChonkyYT 4 года назад +3

      Lol, yes! xD

    • @wonderstruckaj
      @wonderstruckaj 4 года назад +1

      I was thinking that too!😂

    • @tranmanhuc6235
      @tranmanhuc6235 3 года назад +2

      i do not get it...

    • @Fang84
      @Fang84 3 года назад +2

      @@tranmanhuc6235 r/wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo00000000000000000sh

  • @DJTileTurnip
    @DJTileTurnip 5 лет назад +366

    This is what I've been cracking my knuckles for

    • @blackhole28
      @blackhole28 4 года назад +4

      DJ Tile Turnip wait a second you broke the limit wait i can use my body wait no i can use atoms

  • @frootyily
    @frootyily 2 года назад +68

    As an Indian I'm proud enough to say that we learn this even before starting the school life

    • @jaykay6249
      @jaykay6249 2 года назад +1

      the 59 thousand thing ? no we dont

    • @lukepedersen2899
      @lukepedersen2899 2 года назад +2

      Which thing? We learned binary counting, but not any higher than that.

    • @iwbmo
      @iwbmo 2 года назад +1

      The 132 thing?

    • @Redeyedcuber
      @Redeyedcuber Год назад +1

      Bro our school even had tests up to 1023 until some parent complained that their kid doesn't do anything else than practicing counting 💀💀💀💀💀💀

    • @_emmz
      @_emmz Год назад

      I was never taught the most of it

  • @Paraselene_Tao
    @Paraselene_Tao 3 года назад +141

    I know it's possible to count to at least 1023. It might be a difficult exercise, but it will get easier the more you practice.
    Binary finger counting is possibly the best method. Arthur C Clarke taught me this in The Last Theorem. The main character taught children how to count over a thousand with their fingers by using binary.

    • @kenweeraratne431
      @kenweeraratne431 2 года назад +12

      The limitation with binary is the movement/control of the fingers. Let's say you wanted to show the digit "9" in binary, (raising your ring finger/thumb on your right hand). However, the tendons between the middle, ring and pinky finger are shared, severely limiting finger movement, hence it is difficult to raise the ring finger on its own.

    • @infernocrusher7573
      @infernocrusher7573 2 года назад +2

      @@kenweeraratne431 that's only for some people, the other parts of people can bent their pinky independently

    • @apathypower9559
      @apathypower9559 Год назад +3

      @@infernocrusher7573 It's important for the numbering system to be universally applicable for all humans, excepting very rare deformations. Base 12 counting would be the best, with the creases method taught as an option in the case of very high numbers. 12 is also an ideal mathematical base, being divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. Size isn't everything.

    • @SodaWithoutSparkles
      @SodaWithoutSparkles Год назад +4

      One of the limitations would be representing 132.

    • @aerowalker3
      @aerowalker3 Год назад +1

      One way to fix that difficulty is to invert the numbers. A finger up means “off”, while a finger down means “on”. I find it easier to curl the ring finer on its own instead of raising it on its own

  • @amazon_kai
    @amazon_kai 6 лет назад +837

    Imagine showing 132 with your fingers using the binary system..... hint it's two middle fingers.

  • @enricorossi4683
    @enricorossi4683 7 лет назад +231

    come on ! look at Pluto's face at 3:12 :(

    • @varshinib.6336
      @varshinib.6336 7 лет назад +12

      Enrico Rossi it's sad because it's not considered a planet.

    • @enricorossi4683
      @enricorossi4683 7 лет назад

      PurpleandPink2005 i know

    • @varshinib.6336
      @varshinib.6336 7 лет назад +5

      Enrico Rossi
      Is it weird that I feel bad for Pluto?

    • @BillyBoBBerson
      @BillyBoBBerson 7 лет назад +1

      not anymore

    • @lemon-penguin2330
      @lemon-penguin2330 7 лет назад

      Billy BoBBerson a dwarf planet is a planet. A tiny planet. That's my opinion, no one else is to reply

  • @anaceliaazevedo9679
    @anaceliaazevedo9679 4 года назад +13

    teacher: count the number of fingers! Today we will learn to count to 10!
    asian kid: *OBSERVE*

  • @anirbanrakshit1374
    @anirbanrakshit1374 3 года назад +9

    In India, we are taught to count the tips of our fingers along with the creases on them. So on each finger we can count till 4, and on four fingers we can count till 16. We also count on our thumb till 4 (three creases and the tip) using the index finger. So on one hand we can count till 20 and on two hands till 40. This counting system is pretty popular throughout India.

  • @dannyboy5086
    @dannyboy5086 7 лет назад +121

    Just don't count to 132 using binary method while in public, lol.

    • @unknow210
      @unknow210 7 лет назад +2

      You made me giggles XD

    • @JamesAlliott
      @JamesAlliott 7 лет назад +3

      Danny Boy or count to 6, 384 or 390 if you're in the U.K.

    • @JackieBright
      @JackieBright 7 лет назад +5

      Danny Boy I do that all the time, my favorite number is 4

    • @caelator3549
      @caelator3549 7 лет назад

      Danny Boy mine is 645

    • @theninjas2870
      @theninjas2870 7 лет назад

      James Alliott Life are peac signs offensive in the UK?

  • @ValosarX
    @ValosarX 7 лет назад +296

    Taught my children to count in binary on their fingers years ago I think this is the first thing that occurs to anyone who truly understands binary, the loved learning something complex in that simple way. Before I knew it they'd made sheets of paper with binary matrices on them to count into the thousands for no other reason than they could. I also challenged them to come up with number systems in base 3 and 4 given their understanding of base ten and 2 from the perspective of a three or four fingered alien.

    • @rexroyulada6267
      @rexroyulada6267 Год назад +11

      Are your children math gods by now?

    • @2u29wjiowk2iswj
      @2u29wjiowk2iswj Год назад +4

      @@rexroyulada6267 I believe he was joking.

    • @Carma281
      @Carma281 Год назад +8

      @@rexroyulada6267 I mean, the education system would hurt them so hard, I doubt it.

    • @rexroyulada6267
      @rexroyulada6267 Год назад +2

      @@Carma281 True, unless they had proper teachers

    • @Forgotten_Lemon
      @Forgotten_Lemon Год назад +1

      This guy maths

  • @pjjustice5014
    @pjjustice5014 3 года назад +7

    "The limit of how high you can count with your fingers is up to you, and your own flexibility and ingenuity."
    Double Jointed people: *cool*

  • @hexagonal7890
    @hexagonal7890 2 года назад +3

    We're no strangers to love
    You know the rules and so do I
    A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
    You wouldn't get this from any other guy
    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
    Gotta make you understand
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    We've known each other for so long
    Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
    Inside we both know what's been going on
    We know the game and we're gonna play it
    And if you ask me how I'm feeling
    Don't tell me you're too blind to see
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give, never gonna give
    (Give you up)
    We've known each other for so long
    Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
    Inside we both know what's been going on
    We know the game and we're gonna play it
    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
    Gotta make you understand
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye
    Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    Never gonna give you up
    Never gonna let you down
    Never gonna run around and desert you
    Never gonna make you cry
    Never gonna say goodbye

  • @canilogin1730
    @canilogin1730 4 года назад +275

    _How high can you count on your fingers?_
    People born with extra fingers: *"Allow us to introduce ourselves"*

    • @hazyorange
      @hazyorange 2 года назад +13

      Yeah, but most people with extra fingers have no muscles or nerve in them.

    • @elsieduhaylungsod8547
      @elsieduhaylungsod8547 2 года назад +2

      max is 16 (maybe)

    • @7cpm293
      @7cpm293 Год назад

      @@elsieduhaylungsod8547 its like 54 thousand or something

    • @zecuse
      @zecuse Год назад

      @@7cpm293 With 6 fingers on both hands, it's 2^12 - 1 = 4095

  • @Ricardo-vk9zw
    @Ricardo-vk9zw 7 лет назад +148

    I think you shouldn't count if you're high

    • @arkalbin7408
      @arkalbin7408 7 лет назад

      That was one of the most amazing things ive read.

    • @MaksProger
      @MaksProger 7 лет назад +22

      Yeah, I tried to count my fingers and counted to infinity

    • @pavelberov2593
      @pavelberov2593 7 лет назад +1

      Ricardo117 yeah thats what i thought when i read the titlek

  • @borsukczarnawski-iliev
    @borsukczarnawski-iliev 3 года назад +6

    0:15
    The "thumbs aren't fingers" thing is just annoying. Thumbs are fingers.

  • @shivambharodiya7261
    @shivambharodiya7261 3 года назад +9

    This was one of the best animation of Ted, hope for more like it

  • @yeboi4667
    @yeboi4667 7 лет назад +431

    Now, count all the atoms on your fingers

    • @WowImSalty
      @WowImSalty 7 лет назад +13

      Ye Boi jokes on you i don't have any fingers

    • @premyaragarla3600
      @premyaragarla3600 7 лет назад +6

      Small Skits How did you type your comment?🤔

    • @WowImSalty
      @WowImSalty 7 лет назад +9

      Prem Yaragarla go ok Google type "your message"

    • @aumganwani673
      @aumganwani673 7 лет назад +10

      Small Skits but how would u open google??

    • @Justin-wu8gw
      @Justin-wu8gw 7 лет назад +2

      Aum Ganwani I subbed

  • @moistgarlicbread310
    @moistgarlicbread310 5 лет назад +678

    Better yet: sign language

    • @user-on7xe2yr2i
      @user-on7xe2yr2i 4 года назад +1

      LOL

    • @Macey_W_07
      @Macey_W_07 4 года назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @Snowleopard2938
      @Snowleopard2938 4 года назад +12

      Moist Garlic Bread i can count past a million in ASL and it was a lot easier and simpler to learn than this

    • @lavashark3974
      @lavashark3974 4 года назад

      Lol

    • @Rami-me2ix
      @Rami-me2ix 4 года назад +3

      Even better: gang signs

  • @dingtaifung5232
    @dingtaifung5232 4 года назад +3

    Now I can count the numbers of days I've spent in quarantine

  • @desihirohamada
    @desihirohamada Год назад +7

    My mom taught me to count using the 4 grooves on each finger of ours, so I can count till 20 in one hand lol

  • @hagridthetable
    @hagridthetable 6 лет назад +661

    3:52 technology can be "handy"

  • @EC-wg9el
    @EC-wg9el 7 лет назад +544

    When I was younger I had a book on magic tricks and there was this one that had 4 (2 dimensional) dice with numbers written in the corners and on the face up to 16. The purpose of the trick was for you to ask a participant to think of a number between 1 and 16 and point to the dice that it appeared on. In the top corner of the 4 die were the numbers 1, 2, 4 and 8. The numbers that could be made from those numbers were on the die and all you had to do was add up the numbers n the top corner. It's a pretty simple trick, but it was impressive to 8-year-olds.
    Anyway, so I became obsessed with this trick and it's method so I worked out how to do it for all the numbers as high as I could go (into the thousands, but I got bored). My plan was to make a new die and ask them to think of bigger numbers, this was a stupid plan as I soon realised because I would have to write all the numbers down and it would be hard to find them (I settled on only increasing up to 32).
    This is such a coincidence but I actually used to use this finger method for remembering numbers, not for counting. So if say I needed to remember the number 344 (the width of my room, I was doing a floor plan okay) to write down, I would hold together the fingers representing 256, 64, 16 and 8 (for the record, the one started on my left thumb, because you read left to right). I got extremely good at working out which of the ten numbers add together to make what.
    I understand this is such a lame anecdote but I'm lame and anecdotal and it's kind of relevant so I wanted to share.

    • @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506
      @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506 7 лет назад +16

      Seems pretty interesting to me! When I was younger, I appeared in a Math Olympiad representing my state, and in a sum, I used my fingers to count, it being a difficult paper and open to only select people, the invigilators thought I was cheating or crazy or just in the wrong exam! (As most of the students who were there could add/subtract/divide/multiply crazy numbers together in their mind, yikes!)

    • @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506
      @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506 7 лет назад +9

      I got a Silver medal but! Top 15 students!

    • @snowfloofcathug
      @snowfloofcathug 7 лет назад +6

      Ellen Louise I think this is really cool! And I've seen and performed the same trick, but with pieces of paper instead of dice

    • @ZechariahBarrett
      @ZechariahBarrett 7 лет назад +14

      No, that's a very helpful anecdote. I enjoyed the video, but couldn't think of a time I'd really use it. Your anecdote helped a lot in that regard. And now I want to look more into that magic trick...

    • @lynn3570
      @lynn3570 7 лет назад +3

      Ellen Coonan You seem like a very intelligent person!

  • @wonderstruckaj
    @wonderstruckaj 4 года назад +19

    I just randomly guessed the 3 "parts" on each finger😂 didn't know he was actually gonna say that

  • @falsetto6455
    @falsetto6455 4 года назад +5

    *Laughs in Sakurai*

  • @wizard3766
    @wizard3766 7 лет назад +154

    before watching the video, its 1023 most probably

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 7 лет назад +5

      yea, 2^10 -1

    • @bram14311
      @bram14311 7 лет назад +9

      Gundalf almost but I'm impressed if you really knew thar

    • @onecommunistboi
      @onecommunistboi 7 лет назад +22

      Bjorn Rambi What did you expect from a wizard

    • @finn8993
      @finn8993 7 лет назад +2

      yep. now lets watch and see what they came up with

    • @tirthnpatel
      @tirthnpatel 7 лет назад

      Yeah, sure!

  • @nimitasiju4723
    @nimitasiju4723 4 года назад +105

    the deaf kid in the room: how dare you!?!

    • @EHMM
      @EHMM 3 года назад

      l o l

  • @KuletXCore
    @KuletXCore 4 года назад +19

    It's either
    1. You never searched for this (like me)
    2. Sakurai made you search for this.

    • @GachaRobert36
      @GachaRobert36 3 года назад

      I searched this up and who is sakurai

    • @KuletXCore
      @KuletXCore 3 года назад

      @@GachaRobert36 smash bros director

    • @GachaRobert36
      @GachaRobert36 3 года назад

      @@KuletXCore thanks!

  • @laserman5008
    @laserman5008 4 года назад +32

    Who's here after Sakurai taught everyone how to count in binary?

  • @susannahayres-thomas7185
    @susannahayres-thomas7185 7 лет назад +191

    How come, when you were using those finger parts, you didn't exercise the option of counting the finger NAILS as well?

    • @tbarnestb
      @tbarnestb 7 лет назад +3

      Good question, haha.

    • @azzazelynn988
      @azzazelynn988 7 лет назад +10

      TRUE. I didn't think of that. I was expecting them to use the the back of the hands. Then you could get up to 24 as opposed to just 12 on one hand

    • @tbarnestb
      @tbarnestb 7 лет назад +2

      ZaLynn C Dangggg. That's pretty crazy, too.

    • @azzazelynn988
      @azzazelynn988 7 лет назад +8

      +Trinitey Hayward ikr and i just had a thought. if you count the finger sections (front and back), creases, finger joints (including the knuckle), and the fingernail then that's 13 on one finger. That's up to 52 on one hand! The more I think about it the more it blows my mind lol

    • @tbarnestb
      @tbarnestb 7 лет назад +3

      ZaLynn C Crazy! 53*53 bruh haha

  • @raspberry_picker395
    @raspberry_picker395 7 лет назад +976

    was this also just randomly in your recommended?

  • @Pixelarity64
    @Pixelarity64 Год назад +1

    Thank you Thank you Thank you for making this video, this was such a mind blowing video when I was younger, and it influenced me a lot.

  • @HilaryLudkin-Finnie
    @HilaryLudkin-Finnie 4 года назад +2

    Did you know this is actually an ancient Roman technique?!

  • @newgenerationhiphop8579
    @newgenerationhiphop8579 7 лет назад +645

    i need to do homework and im watching this wtf

    • @brogle437
      @brogle437 6 лет назад +1

      Is it math?

    • @RONYkGT
      @RONYkGT 6 лет назад

      You are not the only one

    • @Benjie56
      @Benjie56 6 лет назад

      Dawg The Dog, mine is

    • @Benjie56
      @Benjie56 6 лет назад

      Got my maths prelim tomorrow!

    • @purushottammotwani3082
      @purushottammotwani3082 6 лет назад

      NewGenerationHipHop 11 months r over...did u complete ur homework till now??

  • @extraterrestrialdood4087
    @extraterrestrialdood4087 7 лет назад +167

    And I once told myself I knew how to count...

  • @thursdayschild-3-
    @thursdayschild-3- 4 года назад +4

    some random person living at some point in some: Whats your favorite number?
    another random person living at some point in time: 4&128,You?

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Год назад +2

    “Why’d you just do the middle finger at that waiter?”
    “Oh, I was telling him in binary that I want number 4.”

  • @amlord3134
    @amlord3134 6 лет назад +205

    Just count every atom then 😂

    • @jarinratwongsombat6521
      @jarinratwongsombat6521 5 лет назад +2

      No U

    • @user-kh6bu7dg6d
      @user-kh6bu7dg6d 5 лет назад +4

      Then it is 1937372946472962757353946 but if you want to add and photons and neutrons then that's 39361974937232777394716295718386484726829637

    • @ronin_wins
      @ronin_wins 5 лет назад +8

      @@user-kh6bu7dg6d r/iamverysmart

    • @rickykokhar960
      @rickykokhar960 5 лет назад

      Thats almost as much atoms than there are in the human body. Haha

    • @rickykokhar960
      @rickykokhar960 5 лет назад +1

      @@user-kh6bu7dg6d oh and atoms dont have "photons"

  • @zuzu1678
    @zuzu1678 5 лет назад +551

    What if I can’t count to 10?

  • @dimamatat5548
    @dimamatat5548 4 месяца назад +1

    If you're a polydactyl, you can count up to 900 (30*30) by using sections and creases, as in 1:20

  • @29records50
    @29records50 4 года назад +2

    3:09 Pluto be crying after we kicked him out of the solar system

    • @marcusscience23
      @marcusscience23 2 года назад

      The Fifth Giant (Planet Nine) who was literally thrown out into interstellar space by a meanie called Jupiter thinks you’re overreacting and also you seem to have forgotten about Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.

  • @minecafe
    @minecafe 7 лет назад +86

    Be carful of 4 in binary. Your hand can be very rude.

  • @emilymok259
    @emilymok259 7 лет назад +125

    at 3:05 I'm like wow they srsly put pluto in the corner

  • @LisaM-ig7bd
    @LisaM-ig7bd Год назад +1

    1:54 literally the intro of all i want for christmas lol

  • @gamercraft2600
    @gamercraft2600 Год назад +1

    This video is oddly nostalgic for me. It didn’t teach me anything, it just intrigued me.

  • @DagoDuck
    @DagoDuck 4 года назад +42

    1023 Is the highest for me (start of video)
    End of video: Well yes but no

    • @jackdaleggett7184
      @jackdaleggett7184 2 года назад +3

      I'm proud that I guessed binary before watching

  • @barneystinson6331
    @barneystinson6331 7 лет назад +162

    Or you can just use a calculator..

    • @abeljudah6341
      @abeljudah6341 7 лет назад +52

      To count? Really?

    • @changjunwei7225
      @changjunwei7225 7 лет назад

      try to do maths without a calculator then you bimbos

    • @abeljudah6341
      @abeljudah6341 7 лет назад

      Chang Jun Wei um ok, that isn't a problem. No need to get triggered.

    • @barneystinson6331
      @barneystinson6331 7 лет назад

      Abel Judah Counting yea but not what he's doing, he's literally calculating

    • @giulianomsa
      @giulianomsa 7 лет назад +3

      How about there's no calculator, you can't speak, and you need to say a number to a friend or the bomb will explode and destroy Krypton? No telepathy also.

  • @goSciuKM
    @goSciuKM 4 года назад +4

    Oh, so thats where Sakurai learnt this technique from

  • @anujjodha
    @anujjodha 2 года назад +1

    I figured this out myself a few days before I got recommended this video. Damn.

  • @ncm2738
    @ncm2738 4 года назад +249

    Teach: stop doing Naruto signs
    Me: I'm counting...

    • @ferociousmaliciousghost
      @ferociousmaliciousghost 4 года назад +4

      How dare you think I am doing Naruto signs. I am clearly doing Taoist hand mudras to count my numbers.

    • @alchemist6819
      @alchemist6819 3 года назад +8

      Me: counts with fingers
      *Also me: accidentally summons Gamabunta*

  • @LethalPigeon7
    @LethalPigeon7 7 лет назад +61

    This is a pretty cool way of introducing kids to the concept of binary.

    • @mrwhitemantv
      @mrwhitemantv 7 лет назад +30

      Until they tell you 132 off!

  • @Kaemikaemi
    @Kaemikaemi 4 года назад +1

    Deaf guy in class thought: what is she doing
    My teachers thought:is she Summoning a demon
    Me: I'm just counting

  • @johntucker2826
    @johntucker2826 3 года назад +1

    without looking at this video, I learned in the third grade how to count on my fingers up to 1023 ....still do it occasionally, with my hands in my pockets, calculating while negotiating with a real estate broker .....

  • @TheSecondVersion
    @TheSecondVersion 7 лет назад +164

    Paradox/irony: If your brain is powerful enough to keep track of counting using those advanced finger positions, you wouldn't need 'em to count anyway.

    • @horstmuller3373
      @horstmuller3373 7 лет назад +10

      at least base 2 isnt that hard.

    • @nunu7797
      @nunu7797 7 лет назад +16

      Vito C it's not about counting itself, it's about never losing track of your last number counted

  • @hypnovia
    @hypnovia 7 лет назад +390

    Imagine someone trying to count 132...

    • @98danielray
      @98danielray 7 лет назад +15

      youre fucking everywhere.

    • @hypnovia
      @hypnovia 7 лет назад

      Mr Aquiles Yes. I am.

    • @IITanat
      @IITanat 7 лет назад +41

      Taking the binary method from this video this is actually really easy you jus- ooooooh... I see what you did there.

    • @bejhamen7631
      @bejhamen7631 7 лет назад +6

      Jacob Landon 🖕🖕

    • @w.a.6618
      @w.a.6618 7 лет назад

      Jacob Landon wow... I see what you did there lol

  • @Branthony
    @Branthony 2 года назад

    You could use your 5 fingers from your left hand, and thumb on right hand, to point to 6 locations on the 24 parts of your fingers on your right hand (from 1:17). This would yield 24 choose 6 = 134596. But of course you wouldn't have to use 6 fingers, you could just use 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. This would give:
    (24 choose 6) + (24 choose 5) + (24 choose 4) + (24 choose 3) + (24 choose 2) + (24 choose 1) = 190050.
    But then you could switch hands! Effectively doubling the count to 190050*2 = 380100
    You would just have to assign each configuration to a number

  • @Anonymous-ec1me
    @Anonymous-ec1me 4 года назад +2

    Me: Or...... one, two skip a three, four, five, six, seven, eight, now let’s count the three we skipped: nine, ten, eleven. (At least it’s more than 10😅 unless of course u skip even more numbers)
    Ps: y do I have a feeling no one is going to get this😂

  • @bubbleetea3194
    @bubbleetea3194 7 лет назад +40

    Just memorize your multiplication table kids...

  • @faln3run310
    @faln3run310 7 лет назад +271

    Now let's start counting our fingerprints

    • @coolmemesbudd
      @coolmemesbudd 6 лет назад

      FALN 3Run Thats not that a lot.

    • @ryan2-518
      @ryan2-518 6 лет назад +1

      Gregory Horseman ??? Yeah it is. Especially when u use powers of 2

    • @coolmemesbudd
      @coolmemesbudd 6 лет назад +1

      ryan2698 - Minecraft Finger prints are lines that just swirl around themselves and a few other lines. There aren ‘t that many.

    • @ryan2-518
      @ryan2-518 6 лет назад +1

      Gregory Horseman true but it's a lot more than 10 xD

    • @ukuviispert9599
      @ukuviispert9599 6 лет назад +3

      And nails, and skin stripes, and spots, dots, broken places...

  • @lilacdoe7945
    @lilacdoe7945 4 года назад +1

    And I thought I was creative with my finger counting system...
    Left fingers = 1
    Left thumb = 5
    Right fingers = 10
    Right thumb = 50
    Gives you an upper counting limit of 99

  • @PineappleJB
    @PineappleJB 4 года назад +575

    Title: more than 10
    The barrier has been broken

  • @lewisfang4401
    @lewisfang4401 6 лет назад +369

    3:50 they stuck up the middle finger for a frame

  • @SubspaceTripmine27
    @SubspaceTripmine27 4 года назад +2

    Ted ed: you can count to only 576
    Me who has counted to 1000: *i am *god* *

  • @carlosmingorance2110
    @carlosmingorance2110 2 года назад +2

    I usually count in binary with just one hand. When using both the number of additions I have to do is a bit too cumbersome for me to work them out easily, and also the 32 combinations of one hand are easier to get familiar with.

  • @idanzamir7540
    @idanzamir7540 7 лет назад +166

    Counting in binary with your fingers?
    132 you

    • @ondrejfoltyn8285
      @ondrejfoltyn8285 7 лет назад +1

      Idan Zamir 132 = 128 + 4
      So 132 should be 10000100

    • @idanzamir7540
      @idanzamir7540 7 лет назад +2

      Right, now do it with your fingers

    • @ondrejfoltyn8285
      @ondrejfoltyn8285 7 лет назад

      Idan Zamir Easy, what's the big deal ?

    • @idanzamir7540
      @idanzamir7540 7 лет назад +4

      You're giving the middle finger with both of your hands

    • @ondrejfoltyn8285
      @ondrejfoltyn8285 7 лет назад

      Idan Zamir​ 645 is better.

  • @red4luigi
    @red4luigi 5 лет назад +419

    Someone:"How high are you?"
    Me: "oh umm let me just count with my fingers, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 *some hours later* 59047 59048. There that is how high i can count."
    Someone: *calling a therapist*

    • @akashp3362
      @akashp3362 4 года назад +6

      I dare you to represent 4392 in the ternary finger system.

    • @witheredbonnie9268
      @witheredbonnie9268 4 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm
      @AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm 4 года назад +4

      I can count approx. 1.3819E6

    • @ryanxin1848
      @ryanxin1848 4 года назад +5

      yakashy7395 ok: down, down, up, down, down, down, down, up, down, down
      You didn’t say I had to physically represent it😉

    • @sepchannel4217
      @sepchannel4217 4 года назад +1

      @@AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm me more than 1.07 billion

  • @DAVINNIA314
    @DAVINNIA314 3 года назад +1

    In base 12, I can get to 383 with both my hands, but I prefer to reach 360 with my right hand, because it's easier and I like it more to end there. But I do it using my right hand's palm, so I can't count that high only with my fingers

  • @fuwafuwarifuwafuwaru7481
    @fuwafuwarifuwafuwaru7481 4 года назад +2

    TED-Ed, you didn't have to spoil it 🙁

  • @charlesrogan331
    @charlesrogan331 7 лет назад +49

    So you can count to four and flip someone off at the same time? LIFE HACK!

  • @cobalius
    @cobalius 6 лет назад +24

    and you can rotate your hands to be horizontal, diagonal or vertical. And you can use your wrist too.. to lay your counted numbers on a specific roomly position in front of you

    • @ZachAttack6089
      @ZachAttack6089 5 лет назад +1

      True, but the video says "on your fingers" in the title.

  • @Hellooo134
    @Hellooo134 Год назад

    I thought through the entire process of this video independently and then looked it up to find someone else had done it too lol.

  • @melissaliu2817
    @melissaliu2817 4 года назад +1

    When I was little I developed a counting system on my hands to go up to 100 and I thought that was a big number lol

  • @sanjibghosh3373
    @sanjibghosh3373 5 лет назад +192

    In India we are taught to count 100 using finger sections as calculators are not allowed in the school level and that is the most obvious way for all the Indians.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад +6

      supratim Ghosh Why aren’t calculators allowed?

    • @sanjibghosh3373
      @sanjibghosh3373 5 лет назад +46

      @@KnakuanaRka because if you use calculators then your mental math skills starts to decay and soon you become dependent on calculators.That is what our education system want to avoid.

    • @natchu96
      @natchu96 5 лет назад +31

      ...well I wouldn't want to do statistics or calculus with just hands...

    • @sanjibghosh3373
      @sanjibghosh3373 5 лет назад +23

      @@natchu96 but you have to in India .. even when I am writing this comment I am doing my differentiation and integration home work without calculators😂😂

    • @natchu96
      @natchu96 5 лет назад +22

      @@sanjibghosh3373 that sounds like a rather useless skill...

  • @asianzemdegs8846
    @asianzemdegs8846 7 лет назад +62

    1:39 dat penspin

  • @nhler981
    @nhler981 4 года назад +1

    I’m so glad I got this on recommended because it reminded me that I have homework to do (on a TED talk)

  • @lottiestudio6398
    @lottiestudio6398 3 года назад

    Why not just repeat? If ya‘ll know what I mean.
    Repeat: Left hand-1 2 3 4 5 then Right hand-6 7 8 9 10
    Then keep going

  • @flightthegoatreacts3991
    @flightthegoatreacts3991 6 лет назад +110

    3:26 This man throwin' up gang signs like Tay-K

  • @giacomopamio1191
    @giacomopamio1191 7 лет назад +106

    how would you represent 132 whit the binary hands?

  • @TheEndernal
    @TheEndernal 2 года назад +1

    There is also angles of hand /wrist that can be used to count even higher

  • @ruzgaryazici8165
    @ruzgaryazici8165 5 месяцев назад

    3:31
    Teded: giving helpful tips about counting with fingers
    me smashing my monitor before he expands his domain:

  • @rubenvanderark4960
    @rubenvanderark4960 4 года назад +48

    You forgot that you can turn your hands to get even more

    • @mintonpizza
      @mintonpizza 2 года назад +1

      OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
      OUTSMARTED TED-ED
      I HAVE NO IDEA WHO TED IS

    • @Joshua-cs5rb
      @Joshua-cs5rb 2 года назад +2

      I used to count each knuckle on my left hand, putting up a finger on the other every time I got to 14, but using binary is just genius

    • @HassanAhmed-rf9xr
      @HassanAhmed-rf9xr 2 года назад +1

      @@Joshua-cs5rb lol I always used binary

    • @Joshua-cs5rb
      @Joshua-cs5rb 2 года назад +1

      @@HassanAhmed-rf9xr Then you’re a genius

    • @HassanAhmed-rf9xr
      @HassanAhmed-rf9xr 2 года назад

      @@Joshua-cs5rb not really I just found out. Your a genius now just like me.

  • @NordikCreative
    @NordikCreative 7 лет назад +60

    how high can you get and still count on your fingers

    • @Ian-sm3su
      @Ian-sm3su 7 лет назад

      Nordik haha

    • @mistahpenguin9028
      @mistahpenguin9028 7 лет назад +4

      Nordik about 5.6 under the water so i can do a cold one with da boys

    • @oshn
      @oshn 7 лет назад

      17 doses in an hour. More than that, counting's impossible.

  • @ssapgaming
    @ssapgaming Год назад +1

    Lets assume you are spiderman so you can band indivisual joints seperately.
    All fingers(including thumbs) has 3 joints. With these combined, each finger can represent 3 2bit numbers.
    So your hand is basically 30bits (3×10) memory.
    So it means you can count up to 2^30
    And by flipping your hands, you can get extra 2 bits.
    So you can reach 2^32 unsigned int range. Which is 4.2billion.

  • @aawhanadhikari9682
    @aawhanadhikari9682 3 года назад +1

    to enhance your counting skills, use the back of your hands as well