like the 12th hour, 12 months, 12 apostles... 12 anything...
trying to find anything I can
2006-07-05 09:20:44 · 12 answers · asked by todoutah 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
No 12th hour but 'the 11th hour' meaning last minute as in '11th hour preparation'.
12 signs of Zodiac / constellations.
Twelve labors of Hercules.
Twelve knights of the round table
Jesus and 12 disciples / apostles
Jacob and his 12 sons
"Twelfth Night' : Shakespeare's play
A dozen is also used in the place of 12.
We have the expression, 'Dime a Dozen'!
12 is the Least of all abundant / excessive number. Others are 18, 20, 24, 30 etc etc)
Explanation. Suppose n=12. Sum of its divisors = 1+2+3+4+6+12 = 28 which is greater than 2n (ie 2 times 12 =24)
2006-07-12 06:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of things relate to the number 12 because it's divisible by 2, 3, and 4.
A box holding a dozen of anything (eggs, doughnuts, cans of root beer) can be made to hold 2×6 or 3×4.
Things grouped by 12's make it easy to figure out what 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 of the group is. If these things had started in ancient Babylonia, you'd see a lot of 60's, the number they chose to group things by because of its divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
2006-07-05 10:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atomic kind of magnesium tension 12 on the Beaufort wind tension scale corresponds to the optimal wind velocity of a typhoon. The 12th moon of Jupiter is Lysithea. The biblical Jacob had 12 sons, who have been the progenitors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. jap Orthodoxy observes 12 super Feasts. maximum calendar structures have 12 months in a 12 months The chinese language use a 12 years cycle for time-reckoning referred to as Earthly Branches. American baseball participant, Graig Nettles, wore kind 12 for the Cleveland Indians (1970-72). 12 expert Paintball communities will conflict in the time of the 2008 NXL season for Glory, Honor and appreciate.
2016-12-08 16:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 eggs in a dozen
12 minutes in a fifth of an hour.
12 degrees between normal body temp and too hot to live
12 years of school (not counting kindergarten)
the 12th night
2006-07-05 09:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by *smartess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 days of christmas
2006-07-05 09:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by mrflawless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 grapes to eat waiting happy new year!!
2006-07-05 10:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Little Princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
444 seems to pop up alot. Probably just perception though.
2006-07-05 16:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 tribes of Israel, "things Dozen"-dozen roses, dozen donuts
2006-07-05 09:24:56 · answer #8 · answered by tiniri11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SIgns of the zodiac
2006-07-05 09:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by sam_keane_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the useless birthday before the big 13th!
2006-07-05 09:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by C.C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋