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60 is highly composite (divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). 12 is a highly composite (divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6). This is a nice property for a numbers used fo
by Mindless2112 13y ago
60 is highly composite (divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). 12 is a highly composite (divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6). This is a nice property for a numbers used for unit quantities because a common operation on unit quantities is division by small numbers.
So it's actually kind of unfortunate that we don't all have 6-fingered hands.