<P> In this example, there are 5 "bottom" fingers (the left index, middle, ring, and little fingers, plus the right little finger), 1 left "top" finger (the left thumb), and 4 right "top" fingers (the right thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger). So the computation goes as follows: 9 × 6 = (10 × 5) + (1 × 4) = 54 . </P> <P> Consider another example, 8 × 7: </P> <P> Five bottom fingers make 5 tens, or 50 . Two top left fingers and three top right fingers make the product 6 . Summing these produces the answer, 56 . </P> <P> Another example, this time using 6 × 8: </P>

What is the product of 5 and 12