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  2. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    Dozen: 12 A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) [2] Baker's dozen: 13 From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customer Half-dozen 6 Six of something Decade: 10

  3. Duodecimal - Wikipedia

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    Another nominal for twelve (12 10) is a dozen (10 12 or 1•10 1 12). One hundred and forty-four (144 10) is also known as a gross (100 12 or 1•10 2 12). One thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight is (1728 10) also known as a great-gross (1,000 12 or 1•10 3 12).

  4. Dozen - Wikipedia

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    The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the Moon, or months, in a cycle of the Sun, or year. Twelve is convenient because it has a maximal number of divisors among the numbers up to its double, a property only true of 1, 2, 6, 12, 60, 360, and 2520. [1]

  5. This is why there are 13 in a baker’s dozen - AOL

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  6. Dunkin' Brands Gets Better by the Dozen - AOL

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    As a purveyor of doughnuts, Dunkin' Brands seems to have a special affinity for the number "12." For the second time this month, the company's just announced the opening of a set of a dozen new ...

  7. Dooley’s Dozen: 12 reasons why Florida will be better than ...

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    There's a lot more than meets the eye with this season's Florida football squad. Here are 12 reasons to feel good about Billy Napier's first year.

  8. Numeral (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, "dozen" serves the function of a noun, "first" serves the function of an adjective, and "twice" serves the function of an adverb. In Old Church Slavonic , the cardinal numbers 5 to 10 were feminine nouns; when quantifying a noun, that noun was declined in the genitive plural like other nouns that followed a noun of quantity (one ...

  9. Gross (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen, 12 2). [1] [2] A great gross refers to a group of 1,728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen, 12 3). [1] [2] A small gross [3] or a great hundred [4] refers to a group of 120 items (ten dozen, 10×12). The term can be abbreviated gr. or gro., and dates from the early 15th ...