Opinion: Highly composite numbers make good bases. 2, 6, 12, 60, etc Number of fingers doesn't matter, although you can shoehorn almost any base into them. Fo

Opinion: Highly composite numbers make good bases. 2, 6, 12, 60, etc Number of fingers doesn't matter, although you can shoehorn almost any base into them. For example, base 6 lets you count to 5 on one hand and use your other to coujt multiples of 6. This lets you count to 35 on two hands. More info here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_highly_composite_number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_highly_composite_nu...