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  2. Finger-counting - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, counting for oneself begins with the palm of one hand open. Like in East Slavic countries, the thumb represents number 1; the little finger is number 5. Digits are folded inwards while counting, starting with the thumb. [7] A closed palm indicates number 5. By reversing the action, number 6 is indicated by extending the little finger. [8]

  3. Australian Aboriginal enumeration - Wikipedia

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    Number Giti mŭnya: little hand little finger 1 Gaiŭp mŭnya: from gaiŭp = one, mŭnya = hand the Ring finger 2 Marŭng mŭnya: from marung = the desert pine (Callitris verrucosa). (i.e., the middle finger being longer than the others, as the desert pine is taller than other trees in Wotjo country.) the middle finger 3 Yolop-yolop mŭnya

  4. Body-part counting system - Wikipedia

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    One such system is the body-part counting system which make use of further body parts to extend the system beyond the ten fingers. [1] Counting typically begins by touching (and usually bending) the fingers of one hand, moves up the arm to the shoulders and neck, and in some systems, to other parts of the upper body or the head.

  5. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Hyphenate all numbers under 100 that need more than one word. For example, $73 is written as “seventy-three,” and the words for $43.50 are “Forty-three and 50/100.”

  6. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The number of rows in the table for the relevant Terminologia Anatomica muscle. For example, TA splits the nasalis muscle into transverse and alar parts, so their TA column entries are 2. For Origin, Insertion and Action please name a specific Rib, Thoracic vertebrae or Cervical vertebrae, by using C1-7, T1-12 or R1-12.

  7. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    In the Etruscan system, the symbol 1 was a single vertical mark, the symbol 10 was two perpendicularly crossed tally marks, and the symbol 100 was three crossed tally marks (similar in form to a modern asterisk *); while 5 (an inverted V shape) and 50 (an inverted V split by a single vertical mark) were perhaps derived from the lower halves of ...

  8. Regional handwriting variation - Wikipedia

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    In "old style" text figures, numerals 0, 1 and 2 are x-height; numerals 6 and 8 have bowls within x-height, plus ascenders; numerals 3, 5, 7 and 9 have descenders from x-height, with 3 resembling ʒ; and the numeral 4 extends a short distance both up and down from x-height.

  9. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1271 on Wednesday, December ...

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1271 on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, is PLUMB. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.