Have trouble multiplying the numbers six through ten? Looking for an abstruse way to accomplish this task that is likely much more difficult than passing yourself off as a third-grade student for the relevant couple of weeks needed to relearn basic multiplication skills? Read on, dear geek, read on…

1. Assign the following numbers to your fingers: thumb=10; index finger=9; the bird=8; ring finger=7; pinky=6.

2. Place your hands palm-up in front of you, as if you were a Rockbiter wondering why your powerful hands failed to keep the world of Fantasia from slipping into The Nothing.

3. Choose a problem using the numbers 6-through-10, for example, 8x9.

4. Touch the fingers that represent these numbers (i.e. middle finger left hand, index finger right hand).

5. Count your touching fingers as ten, each (i.e. 10 for left middle and 10 for right index).

6. Count any fingers below those touching as ten, each (i.e. left ring and pinky; right middle, index and pinky).

7. Multiply fingers above those touching (i.e. two-times-one from left thumb and index times right thumb).

8. Add the numbers from steps 5-7 (i.e. 20+50+2). This is your answer.

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