Cassell’s Book of In-door Amusements

Lord Dundreary’s Finger Puzzle to Count Eleven Fingers on the Two Hands

Begin on one hand, and count the ten fingers throughout. Begin next time at the finger last counted in the first round, counting this time backwards—ten, nine, eight, seven, six—then holding up the other hand, say “And five are eleven.”

UNIFORM RESULTS OF MULTIPLICATION.

The digits	15873	multiplied by	7	give	111111
„	31746	„	7	„	222222
„	47619	„	7	„	333333
„	63492	„	7	„	444444
„	79365	„	7	„	555555
„	95238	„	7	„	666666
„	126984	„	7	„	888888
„	142857	„	7	„	999999
Of course, it would need the digits 111111 to make					777777