How to Use a 65 Based Hand Abacus

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Start with the index finger and progress to three

   For five, you just add the thumb.
   
   Now, here's the tricky part!!! 6 is thumb and pinkie, seven is thumb and ring finger, eight is thumb and middle finger, 9 is thumb and index finger.
   
   Letters are for each set of a finished count through each cycle.
   
   Here is the progression...
   
   Finger Binary 1-31ASL Numerals 32-40A 41Finger Binary 42-73ASL Numerals 74-82B 83 Finger Binary 84-115ASL Numerals 116-124.
   
   The Progression goes on and on in the same pattern like this, you won't need a chart.
   
   The counting happens only on the Earth hand unless there is a decimal, then the Heaven hand becomes the Earth hand and the Earth hand becomes the Heaven hand.The Heaven hand is the “hand of multiples” and the right hand is always the decimal hand. 
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   Step 2: instead of thee with the three mid fingers

    You will also need to practice and study your terminology.
   
   To learn about abacus terminology learn it for future reference so you have a basic idea of how to use an abacus and how it translates to your hands.
   
   Terminology is used to teach you the basic functions and equivalences between an abacus, and the best manipulative, your hands.,, This means challenge yourself without making your head hurt., Do any and all math in this system, you can count in it, and you are comfortable in it enough to rely on it.,,, This is not to say you can't use the system, this is to say that you should only use this trick to speed up your mathematical side of your brain that deals with logic by using it more and more. ,, This is so that you can read them if you forget them., If don't always get the correct answers, that means you have to practice, practice, practice, because practice makes perfect.
   
   Remember, if you flip the symbols upside down, you get even more to work with.
   
   Remember to make three stops across your body for each section you're counting in.
   
   Counting in reverse will give you 12 times the total of the end you're working with.If you pivot your hand in all six directions, you get 72 more directions to work with. 93,450,240,000 is the total possibility to count up to with just one hand. 186,900,480,000 is possible with two hands, so in that case, keep the multiple in your head.
   
   To do that, keep it 65 based to succeed in all your math.
   
   Every time you pivot your hand, the factor goes up that much more to multiply by, just be aware of that. 161,482,014,720,000 is the absolute ceiling for mathematical problems to be worked out on two hands.
   
   If you use your feet, then you get 322,964,029,440,000 as your ceiling for counting/math. ,
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   Step 3: you stick the thumb out

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   Step 4: and for four

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   Step 5: you pull the thumb back in and put exchange the finger for the ring finger and add the pinkie.

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   Step 6: Practice counting.

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   Step 7: Begin doing SIMPLE math that you know the answer to so that you can get familiar with the system.

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   Step 8: Do intermediate math.

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   Step 9: Make the big stretch to relying on the system on this step.

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    Step 10: Double your speed week by week until you are comfortable enough to go faster than the calculator.

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    Step 11: Begin to visualize the math with the movement in your head with the muscle memory you have built up in the last six months.

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    Step 12: Stop looking at your hands and rely on your head.

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    Step 13: Make your own logic tricks to remembering the math. 

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    Step 14: Write down your logic tricks.

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    Step 15: Repeat the process of leaning off the paper as you did the hand gestures and use the system to get the math correct as much as possible.

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    Step 16: Read the above and test it out.

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