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Royal Institution Primary Maths Masterclasses. Digital Computers. How do you count on your fingers?. rigb.org @Ri_Science. Royal Institution Primary Maths Masterclasses. Digital Computers. How do you count on your fingers?. British Sign Language for 1-10. Image credits: dummies.com.
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Royal Institution Primary Maths Masterclasses Digital Computers How do you count on your fingers? rigb.org@Ri_Science
Royal Institution Primary Maths Masterclasses Digital Computers How do you count on your fingers? British Sign Language for 1-10 Image credits: dummies.com
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Royal Institution videos • CHRISTMAS LECTURES – on the Ri website • Ri on YouTube – experiments, videos & talks for all ages
Royal Institution videos • CHRISTMAS LECTURES – on the Ri website • Ri on YouTube – experiments, videos & talks for all ages • ExpeRimental – science experiments at home
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‘five’ ‘fist’ Language vijf vuist Dutch pięć pięść Polish
2 × 9 = ? 7 × 9 = ? 8 × 9 = ?
10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6
8 9 count (including touching ones)
8 9 7 count (including touching ones)
multiply 8 9 7 count (including touching ones)
multiply 2 × 1 = 2 8 9 7 count (including touching ones)
multiply 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 count (including touching ones)
10 8 × 7 = ? 9 7 × 9 = ? 8 6 × 7 = ? 7 6
1 2 4 8 16 6 = 2 + 4
1 2 4 8 16 10 = 2 + 4 + 4 6 = 2 + 4
1 2 4 8 16 10 = 2 + 8 6 = 2 + 4
4 8 2 1 16
4 8 2 ? ? ? 1 ? 16 ?
4 8 2 128 64 1 256 512 16 32
4 8 2 128 64 1 256 512 16 32 1023
16 8 4 2 1 DECIMAL 1000 100 10 1
16 8 4 2 1 DECIMAL 1000 100 10 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
16 8 4 2 1 HEXADECIMAL 4096 256 16 1
16 8 4 2 1 HEXADECIMAL 4096 256 16 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
Finger counting • Maths tricks
Finger counting • Maths tricks • Mind reading
Finger counting • Maths tricks • Mind reading • Binary and decimal
What else can I do to extend my knowledge? Try these as extra activities in class, or try them at home Learn about number bases nrich.maths.org/1368
What else can I do to extend my knowledge? Try these as extra activities in class, or try them at home Basically nrich.maths.org/829