Eli5: why are 11 and 12 called eleven ant twelve and not oneteen and twoteen?

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It’s inherited from old english.

Probably because 12 was an important number back in the days, with dozen and a gross (144, 12×12) being important trade volumes.

This is because it was easier to do math with 12 since it can be divided evenly by 2, 3, 4 and 6 rather than just 2 and 5.

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