After reading all of these helpful replies, I decided to try out a subroutine and attempt to better understand the syntax by adding comment: 
#! /usr/bin/perl -w

sub of_all_things {
 print "You called me!\n"; #will print this when called
  $one*$two;   #Here are the workings that will return value
}


$one = 12;
$two = 10;
$three=&of_all_things; #return value
$four=2*$three; #using the return value
  print "2 x 120 = $four\n";

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OUTPUT: 
You called me!
2 x 120 = 240

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This seems to work out on my box, but I am most concerned as to whether my comments are aiming at in the right direction?


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