What Is a Dozen Some families have a dozen cousins Count the number of cousins in this family 4 5 3 12 10 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dozen is the word for the number 12 A dozen is made up of 12 things 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 A half dozen is 6 things 7