in roman numerals
Arabic numerals were developed by Hindus in India around 400 BCE. They became known as "Arabic" because it was Arabs who spread them to the West. (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/arabic-numerals)
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The XXIX is in Latin numerals which denotes 29 in Roman numerals (i.e. what we use today). It is not 209 in Arabic numerals, as the Arabic numerals do not have "X" or "I". The number 29 however, also denotes the total number of Arabic "alphabets" known as "Hijaiyah" starting from the first letter "Alif" and the last "Ya'". no
Bear in mind that Roman numerals actually are numbers, they are just not the kind of numbers that we presently use, which are called Arabic numerals. Arabic numerals were first used in Europe in the year 976 AD. Roman numerals still have not entirely fallen out of use, although for most purposes we use Arabic numerals.
The Arabic numerals 1392000 converted into Roman numerals in additive notation are MCCCLXXXXMM but with an horizontal bar over each of the first nine numerals to signify multiplication by a thousand.
the question is not when it was invented but if it ever was invented in the first place...
In medieval Western Europe the numeracy system was Roman then in the Middle Ages the Hindu-Arabic numeracy system was introduced.
it was first in IndiaAnswer:The Arabic numerals (the ones we use today) are were developed by Indian mathematicians.Persian mathematicians in India passed them on to the Arabs further west.They were transmitted to Europe in the Middle Ages.Each group that used them changed their shape.
Arabic numerals were first used, as far as is known, about 600 AD. They were used in the Chinese Ming Dynasty in the 14th century also.
I suppose Arabs must have been the first, since those are Arabic Numerals
Fibonacci introduced the Arabic number system to Europe in the thirteenth century (in the 1200s AD). At first the Europeans didn't take to the system, but later found it was much easier than using Roman numerals and the abacus.