It can be really helpful in tracking down where you miscounted or made a mistake in your process.
There are only ten images in math ... one through nine and a zero (now in the white house) and no matter the operation, whether adding, subtracting, dividing or multiplying, the human brain is asked to deal with only two.
And now we have calculators .... so the math is not the issue ... changing the language IS.
Centuries ago, Rush frequently reminded us that words have meanings .... perhaps he should resurrect that statement.