Question: Can someone tell me about the learning method using fingers for mathematics called chizenbop (sp)? Counting on fingures to speed up mathematic problem solving.

Answer: It uses the fingers on the right hand to count ones, and the left hand to count tens.  \n\nIt works like this- hold your hands out just above the table or desk top with your fingers straight out.  To count 1, put down your index finger on your right hand.  2 - add your middle finger, 3 - add ring finger, 4 add pinky.  you have 4 fingers down, and your thumb still up, right?  now the tricky part - to count 5, put down your thumb and lift up all the other fingers.  6 - add your index finger (thumb = 5, plus one finger = 6), 7 - add your middle, and so on. \n\nNow, when you reach 10, you move to your left hand.  The index finger on your left hand is 10.  When you put it down, raise all the fingers on your right hand.  Now to get from 10 to twenty, you just go through the same on your right hand as you did for 1 through 10.\nThe left middle finger is 20, ring is 30, pinky is 40, and the thumb is 50.  \n\nYou can only go from 1 to 100, but it makes adding and subtracting pretty fast.
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