How to count to 31 on one hand

February 24, 2016

Christians should constantly be learning the Bible. Learning is part of a healthy Christian lifestyle. But, there’s no reason that the learning lifestyle should be restricted to the Bible, so here’s a nerdy trick that I learned years ago: How to count to 31 on one hand.

Start by assigning these values to these fingers:

Now, if you want to count, the pinky is one, the ring finger is two, the pinky and ring finger is three, then the middle finger is four, middle finger and pinky is five… and so on and so forth.

4+2+1=7

8+4+2+1=15

16+8+4+2+1=31

16+8=24

8+4+2=14

8+2+1=11

8+4+1=13

Pretty simple, right? I actually used this trick when I was in Iraq and had to count up to 30 trucks in a convoy while keeping my right hand on a rifle. Yea, yea, that’s not a very cool war story… but, if you want a cool story, check this one out.

Churchill says, “Twelve for victory!”

Keep thinking differently, folks.
-Paul

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