Forget about counting to 10 on your fingers ... you can count past 1,000 if you want!

Right Hand

With just your right hand you can count to 31:

hand 0
No fingers up is 0
hand 1
Thumb is 1
hand 2
Index finger is 2
hand 3
2 and 1
makes 3
hand 4
Middle finger is 4
hand 5
Add your thumb
for 5
hand 6
4 and
2 makes 6
hand 7
4 and 2 and 1
makes 7
hand 8
Fourth finger is 8

... and continue the pattern:

add your thumb (+1) to make 9,

or add your index finger (+2) to make 10
or add thumb (+1) and index finger (+2) to make 11
etc.

In fact you are counting in Binary:

Number Made by hand right: 16,8,4,2,1
1 1 up
2 2 up
3 2+1 up up
4 4 up
5 4+1 up up
6 4+2 up up
7 4+2+1 up up up
8 8 up
9 8+1 up up
10 8+2 up up
11 8+2+1 up up up
12 8+4 up up
13 8+4+1 up up up
14 8+4+2 up up up
15 8+4+2+1 up up up up
16 16 up
17 16+1 up up
etc....