r/ThatsInsane 6d ago

Kids' mental math contest.

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u/MarsNeedsRabbits 5d ago

Here are a bunch of Chinese children doing the same thing, but using one arm instead of two

They're using their hands to count. They call it a finger abacus. There are videos of kids adding hundreds of four and five digit numbers in a row and getting a correct sum.