一打是几个,为什么一打是12个

一打 , 十二个[C] These eggs are $2 a dozen
来源:英制单位 长度单位一英尺等于12英寸 , 重量单位一磅等于12盎司 , 一先令等于12便士 , 就连足球比赛罚点球的英制长度也是12码 。十二进制来源:传说是十个手指头加两只脚 。这是过去规定的 , 现在规定一打dozen为10个 。规定一打12个是一种12进制 。瑞典历史上有一位有远见的国王就说过,从日常应用的角度看,十二进制比十进制更方便 。他生前曾设想过,在他管辖的范围内十进制,而代之以十二进制 。现在还能见到十二进制 , 比如一年12个月 , 钟表转一圈12小时等等 。

一打是几个,为什么一打是12个


A dozen (common abbreviated doz or dz) is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the moonor months in a cycle of the sun or year. Twelve is convenient because it has more divisors than other small numbers: 12 = 2 × 6 = 3 × 4 = 1 × 12. The use of twelve as a base number, known as the duodecimal system (also as dozenal), probably originated in Mesopotamia (see also sexagesimal). This could come from counting on one's fingers by counting each finger bone with one's thumb. Using this method, one hand can count to twelve, and two hands can count to 144. Twelve dozen (122 = 144, the duodecimal 100) are known as a gross; and twelve gross (123 = 1,728, the duodecimal 1,000) are called a great gross, a term most often used when shipping or buying items in bulk. A great hundred, also known as a small gross, is 120 or ten dozen. A baker's dozen, also known as big, or long dozen, is 13.一个dozen
【一打是几个,为什么一打是12个】(通常缩写为doz或者dz)是以12个为一组 。Dozen可能是最早的分组方式之一 , 这或许是因为一年(或一个太阳周期)大致有12个月(或12个月相周期) 。而12这个数字之所以方便是因为12较之其他较小数字具有更多的因子:12 = 2 × 6 = 3 × 4 = 1 × 12 。以12作为基数(十二进制的)大概源于美索不达米亚 。这可能是以手指计数发展而来的 , 一只手的拇指点其余四指计数 , 可计到12(食指中指无名指小指往复三次) , 双手可计到144 。12个dozen(=144 , 相当于十二进制的100)记为一个gross , 而12个gross(=1728 , 相当于十二进制的1000)记为一个great gross , great gross也常在大量运输或购买货物时用到 。一个great hundred , 也叫一个small gross , 是120(或10个dozen) 。一个baker‘s dozen , 也叫big/long dozen , 是13 。

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