But . . . '12' is two digits. So why do I have to learn THAT 'times' table

[Charmonium]

yo, we base-10 up in here, not 12.

The '11' table was easy until you got to 11 squared. But even that was just 110 + 11. Easy mental math

It's a bit more taxing to mental math with 12. OK, what are you trying to train me for? Stock clerk? GTFO

I do still remember one thing though 12 dozen is a gross of the individual items.

 

[RLGL]

One time I was in a hardware store and the customer ahead of me had a piece of wire that was sold by the foot. He told the clerk he had 144 inches. Neither could convert that to feet. I piped up the number of 12 to save time. Both looked at me and wondered how I knew the answer. So much for the multiplication tables I learned moons ago.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Stop complaining about learning things and be happy you have the opportunity. You can forget it later.