The dozenal system doesn't know 10 number, it's knows another two. The A and the B. This is best explained by a count from 1 to 30
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1A | 1B | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
So, this may all seem very unnecesary, until you start to do math with these numbers. For example you've got one apple, and you've got to devide it between three people. In the decimal system you would get a weird number .3333333333 etc. In the dozenal system the outcome would be mutch different you'd get .4. This is just one example but there are more examples. with the decimal system we can evenly devide by 1, 2, 5 and 10. The dozenal system knows two more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.
With serious math it wouldn't make much of a difference. But in day to day life the dozenal system makes much more sence.
With serious math it wouldn't make much of a difference. But in day to day life the dozenal system makes much more sence.
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