How do you count to 10?

[Judgeneo]

I was talking to a Chinese friend today and he said 8 whilst holding up two fingers. This confused me somewhat, but it turns out that the Chinese count on their fingers rather differently than we do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures


How do you count?

 

[Judgeneo]

Yeah, I was really asking if anyone had come across any other systems of counting/signalling on fingers.

Like this:

You could use a Base 2 system if counting on your fingers. I think if I was taught other ways of counting earlier it would have helped me so much.

Edit: Actually I think I have got that wrong.. I can't remember what way it was now. Eitherway its supposed to be more efficient than 1 - 10 with fingers.

Has anyone come across this?

 

[Judgeneo]