Pip (counting)
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Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on
Playing cards
In
Pip cards are also known as numerals or
In
Many
Historically German pips are generally different from the pips used in France and England, and the latter dates from at least the fourteenth century CE.[1]
Dice
On dice, pips are small dots on each face of a common six-sided die. These pips are typically arranged in patterns denoting the numbers one through six. The sum of opposing faces traditionally adds up to seven.
Pips are commonly colored black on white or yellow dice, and white on dice of other colors, although colored pips on white/yellow dice are not uncommon; Asian dice often have an enlarged red single pip for the "one" face, while the dice for the 1964 commercial game Kismet feature black pips for 1 and 6, red pips for 2 and 5, and green pips for 3 and 4.
Dominoes
Dominoes use pips that are similar to dice. Each half of a domino tile can have anywhere from no pips all the way up to six or nine pips (depending on countries) arranged in the same manner to dice pips. Regardless of dominoes having up to six or up to nine pips on one half of the tile, the game is generally played by up to four players only, individually or in partners (pairs).
See also
- Counting measure – Mathematical concept
References
- ISBN 978-1-62712-675-5.