Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
And if we switched to base 12, we could still count on our hands.
Each of the four non-thumb fingers has three segments. That's 12. Use your thumb to mark the number you're on.