Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Number Representation and Calculation - 4.2 Number Bases in Positional Systems - Exercise Set 4.2 - Page 227: 81

Answer

Finger binary is a system for counting and displaying binary numbers on the fingers of one or more hands. It is possible to count from 0 to 31 \[\left( {{2}^{5}}-1 \right)\]using the fingers of a single hand, or from 0 through 1023 (210−1) if both hands are used. Finger binary gives you a much greater range of numbers, and which makes multiplication particularly easy. Hence, finger binary is a system for counting binary numbers
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