Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

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  • Pyr@lemmy.caEnglish
    51·
    11 hours ago

    Eh, you don’t need to know the entire history and reasoning behind numbers, just that the numbers we use are called Arabic numerals, which most people don’t. The history is confusing, the fact that they are called Arabic numerals is not. It’s just what they are.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
      12·
      9 hours ago

      There’s two types. And we don’t use the type in our schools that Arabic people use in their schools