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> Every other prime number repeats so switching is pointless, unless you divide by 3 vastly more often than by 5.

It's highly probable that in duodecimal one would divide by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9 as often as one divides by 5 in decimal, and avoid 5 as much as one avoids 3 & 7 in decimal.



You can divide by 2, 4 or 8 just fine in base 10.

3 and 9 are also fast though you get either a remainder or a repeating number. So, really the advantage is 6 vs 5.




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