alleryFinger counting is still used by people to settle what in the marketplace?
AWeights of grain
BNames of traders
CDistances to market
DPrices across languages
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Prices across languages
1. Finger counting lets people who speak different languages communicate prices.
2. It is a continuing use in marketplaces.
3. It is not described as a way to settle weights, names or distances.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, Finger counting_
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