Duodecimal system

GPTKB entity

Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Numeral system
gptkbp:advantage Not widely adopted
Divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 6
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:Isaac_Pitman
Duodecimal Society of America
Duodecimal Society of Great Britain
F. Emerson Andrews
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Base-12
gptkbp:basisFor 12
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duodecimal system
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sexagesimal_system
Decimal system
Hexadecimal system
gptkbp:symbolForEleven B
gptkbp:symbolForTen A
gptkbp:usedIn Medieval Europe
Ancient Babylonia
Ancient Sumeria
Counting by dozens
Dozenal notation
Measurement (12 inches in a foot)
Timekeeping (12 hours)
Troy weight (12 ounces in a pound)
gptkbp:usesDigits 2
0
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Numeral_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6