The user (executive?) puts his/her thumb threw the opening marked "1" and his/her other digits threw the remaining numbered locations. Then, for example, to add 1 + 2, he/she touchs the digit in "1" with any digit on the free hand. Following that, he/she counts each digit starting with the one next to digit "1" unttil he/she has counted to two. The number next to that digit is the answer. For dealing with answers above 5, the user must remember that answers are in base 5.