LOL !!!
It wasn't the distributive property that bothered me. It was the space between big and book. Big Book was one variable intuitively but that didn't seem clear to me. (Big Book) or (Big)(Book)
But I actually thought of most of the things you pointed out which probably means I need to get outside more.
I know....I'm a sad man.......lol !!!
Originally Posted by
McGowdog 
No, the multiplication operation does not have distributive properties over the Greater Than sign. Besides that, it should be called the 12 AND 12, or the 12 & 12, but I see it commonly written as the 12 x 12. If it was really the 12 x 12, it should be called the 144... in which case it would still be < the Big Book.
Oh, and 12/12 is 1.