Yes, ha ha, but Arabic Numerals, with a capital N, refers to ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩ that’s 9 through 0 read left-to-right because Arabic is written right-to-left. While you can see how the West adopted numerals based on Arabic ones eight hundred years ago (thanks to Fibonacci), we only call them Arabic numerals, with a lowercase n, to distinguish them from the Roman numerals we were historically using. Today they aren’t really Arabic anymore, and I don’t know why you’d learn Arabic Numerals unless you were learning to read and write Arabic.
Just some random guy who is not particularly educated about the subject here.
I think that’s how the Arabs of today depict Arabic numerals. Both are Arabic numerals and there are many other scripts, for instance many variations of brahmic scripts that depict the Arabic numerals using various notations.
So both are Arabic numerals using different notations and adapted to be used alongside their own writing system.
Also, just to add, while it is known as Arabic numerals, it originated from India, so it’s often also known as the Hindu-Arabic numerals. It’s mostly known as Arabic numerals to the west because they came to know the numerology of the system via the Arabs. What makes the numerals is not the symbols, but other characteristics of the system such as the positional notation and the decimal base
The Arabs adopted the numbers from India and refere to them as Indian Numbers. I think the system is therefore sometimes called Indo-Arabic Numbers.
So rather than brahmic using an adaptation of Arabic Numbers, it’s the other way around.
I’ve seen it called Arabic Indic as well
we only call them Arabic numerals, with a lowercase n,
[x] doubt
Yes XXIX
No LVII
No opinion XIV
Louis XVI
Thank you for the translation, I was really struggling with those weird symbols they were using.
Superbowl numbers
Tell me more of your impressive bird
What’s next? Latin alphabet? Imperial measurements? Once you let one it, the others will follow!
I feel like that is an example of the slippery slope fallacy. Latin alphabet I can understand, but no normal country would voluntairly choose imperial measurements system
True. Especially after fighting a war of independence against the imperium
FREEDOM UNITS!1!
I will not allow the measurements for the galactic empire being taught in our schools!
It has been since many cycles but it will end any arn from now
This is how Brexit happened.
We should switch to base twelve.
base sixteen is the future
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IMO everyone would be better off if we had learned math in hexadecimal
LVII% of the people can’t be wrong!
Murica moment.
I guess you could reproduce that survey in any western country. I can’t think of many people who know “our” [Edit: numerals] are called “Arabic”.
Speaking as a Dane, I literally can’t think of anyone I know personally who’s older than 10 and DOESN’T know…
Scandinavia doesn’t count. You’re the educational masters. 🤓
Now ask them how they feel about dihydrogen monoxide or women’s suffrage.
Should the government spend millions of your tax dollars to ensure every single home has uninterrupted supply of clean dihydrogen monoxide?
Tbf you could ask that one plainly and I know several people who would answer no :/
Hydrogen hydroxide is both and acid AND a base, and it’s served to students at school!
It has a PH of 7 and the government pumps it into your home!
Why tf is there a no opinion if you don’t have one don’t vote
I respect people that have no opinion. Not everyone is going to know everything about every subject. Saying “I don’t know enough about this subject to have an opinion” should be considered completely valid.
Case in point, someone that doesn’t know that Arabic Numerals are the ubiquitous number system in the world saying “I dunno” is way better than someone else that also doesn’t know this being pressured to give an answer. It’s certain that the 57% of the people that answered “No” were thinking that American schools should just teach the numerals they were taught and didn’t know Arabic numerals actually were what they were taught.
Then we can make assumptions about people being racist for simply not knowing some math terminology. While there are indeed people that are racist, I think people simply not knowing the terminology is a more significant factor in this poll. It can be difficult to interpret polling data even in the best of times, and online polls are meaningless besides that.
But it’s fun to point and laugh at people that don’t know correct terminology I guess.
People want to see the results, so they would vote anything if there is no “no opinion” option.
You can’t have one without Arabic numerals in the first place.
“I” begs to differ
I read this as roman numerals and didnt get the joke.
Took my a second go to get it
Let’s leave the Arabic numerals to the Arabians.
