[jack-r-abbit]

But 12 only shows up with "inches in a foot".

3 ft in a yard. 5280 ft in a mile. 16 oz in a pound/pint. 8 oz in a cup. 2 cups in a pint. 2 pints in a quart. 4 quarts in a gallon... and so on. The imperial system is very inconsistent in what can be divided by what. So if that was important... they failed.

It is also kind of strange that we don't really have a unit of measure between "yard" and "mile", do we? Something between 3 ft and 5280 ft would be nice. :)

[mmastrac]

Small correction:

2 pints in a quart, 2 quarts in a pottle, 2 pottles in a gallon.

[jack-r-abbit]

heh... never heard of a pottle. Good to know... I guess. :)

[dragonwriter]

> But 12 only shows up with "inches in a foot".

Wrong.

> 5280 ft in a mile.

5280 is 12 * 440.

> 16 oz in a pound/pint.

12 troy oz. in a troy pound is also part of the system

> The imperial system is very inconsistent in what can be divided by what.

Inconsistent, yes, "12 only appears in inches in a foot", no.

[jack-r-abbit]

>> 5280 ft in a mile. >5280 is 12 * 440.

But what the heck is 440? 440/12 is 36.666666666666667

8292 is 12 * 691 but those numbers are just as meaningless.