Apart from having 10 fingers, is there any other reason we count until 10 and then repeat?

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Apart from having 10 fingers, is there any other reason we count until 10 and then repeat?

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For whatever reason, the human brain can easily count to 10-15 at a glance. If you look at a pile of rocks you can almost intuitively count them. Aside from that and fingers, 10 is an easy number to multiply/divide. 10÷2, 10×2, the numbers are easy to split and add using a base 10 number system.