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So the funny thing is, here in the Netherlands, eggs are usually packed in six or ten, very rarely in twelve. AKA, a dozen eggs is purely a convention.
by pwagland 6y ago
So the funny thing is, here in the Netherlands, eggs are usually packed in six or ten, very rarely in twelve.
AKA, a dozen eggs is purely a convention.
- smitty1e 6y agoSix is a half dozen.
- Symbiote 6y agoTen is not, which was the point. Eggs are also sold in boxes of 6 or 10 in Denmark.
- Digit-Al 6y agoHere in the UK I can get eggs in packs of 6, 10, 12, and 15. Make of that what you will :-)
- JdeBP 6y ago... and only has two prime factors, the same as 10 does, undermining your original point about prime factors. In 2015, Cadbury stopped selling its creme eggs in packs of six in the U.K. and now sells them in packs of five. Ironically, a subsidiary of a U.S. conglomerate (Cadbury having been taken over in 2010) metricated creme egg packaging. * https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/287062141 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/287062141