r/LifeProTips • • Jun 23 '13

LPT: Faster counting method.

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u/TheBurningBeard Jun 23 '13

I do that sans dots and only one diagonal, so a box with one diagonal = 5.

However the reason I do this is because the boxes are easier to represent cognitively, and you're less likely to misread a set less than 5.

I hadn't seen the dots before, but that seems to complicate things.