What would change if we added another number to how we count?
For example, another number would go between nine and ten, then we'd have numbers like this
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x 10
> 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1x 20
Is there a reason we have as many digits as we do per ten?
>>7849712
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_(mathematics)
>>7849712
10 fingers 10 toes nigga. Base 10.
>>7849745
Base ten is 0-9. When you count something on your fingers, do you go "0, 1, 2" for the first three fingers? Didn't think so, retard.
If you add one more to 10 you get 11.
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>>7849712
The babylonians used 60 symbols/numbers (base 60)'
Computer use 2 symbols/numbers. (base 2) which is also called the binary number. I apologize for the elitist answers here but your qustion make it sound like you are 15 years old who has not finished school yet. I am just answering for the little hope i have that you are some old bastard who slept through elementary school.
>>7849712
Base 11 sucks OP
Try hexadecimal base 16 way more useful.
If you use binary you can count up to 1023 on your fingers.
>>7849833
Oh yeah, great, until you get to 9 and have a fucking hand cramp. I can't do 9 to save my life (thumb and ring finger up) without using my other hand to hold the pinkie down.
>>7849833
Prove it please.
>>7849886
>>7849886
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_binary
>>7849886
10 fingers, 2 positions for each finger,
so you can count 2^10 = 1024 different numbers.
If the "first" number you wright on your fingers is 0, the bigest is 1023
>>7849867
You some kind of hand-autist?