@Vive_Levant

Imperial is designed around maximizing divisions of denominators. With 64 you have 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32. With 22 you only have 1, 2, and 11. Start with a whole unit and to get more precision you halve the unit over and over. It's easier to mentally math the measurements when you're only x2 or /2 to convert. You can simplify it at the end if you want, but hardware is all made to the powers of two.

@GustavinoBevilacqua