In binary system the number we use is merely 0 and 1. We count numbers as 0, 1,10,11,100,101,111,1000....
In decimal notation we use ten different figures, which are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
Chinese people use 5,000 different figures in their writings. If someone try using 5,000 notation and we give 5,000 different figures in each 5, 000 numbers, if it's possible for him to memorize and make the most of them, our arithmetic and maths advance skyrocketingly.
We usually learn by heart up to 9x9. In that case we memorize up to what 5,000x5,000 is.
This seems to be too complicated, but possible for those who learn by heart too many things in much more easily.
Let's start counting up to 5,000 in different each one figure.