• brown567@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    120 is way better than 100

    It’s a multiple of every number you can count on your hands except for 7 and 9

    A direct improvement over 100, which misses out on 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (half of them!)

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      5 months ago

      the main reason why feet are 12 inches and great for carpentry math… divisible by 1,2,3,4, and 6