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Why were Arabic numerals developed?

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Updated: 8/16/2019

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. they speaked a diffrent launge (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/arabic-numerals%29 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. they speaked a diffrent launge (see: http://www.answers.com/topic/arabic-numerals%29

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Who first developed Arabic 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)


How Hindu Arabic numerals was developed?

they are developed by the Arabs which is in India


Hindu-Arabic numerals were developed around 400 B.C. and are used in a decimal (base 10) system. Which of these is true about Arabic numerals?

They were invented in India and brought to Europe by Arabs.


Hindu-Arabic numerals developed in India invented which mathematical concept?

The concept of zero


Why are your numbers 1 to 9 known as Arabic numerals?

Because they come from the Hindu-Arabic numeral system developed by Indian mathematicians.


Hindu-Arabic numerals were developed around 400 B.C. and are used in a decimal (base 10) system. Which of these is true about Arabic numerals?

But no facts have been given to decided which is true about Arabic numerals and so therefore an answer is not possible although it is true that Arabic numerals contain a zero symbol which makes arithmetic a lot easier.


Why are Arabic numerals called Arabic numerals when they actually came from India?

Arabic numerals are called that because the European interpretation of those numbers comes from the Arabs. The numerals are called Arabic numerals (even though they do not resemble modern Arabic numerals in the slightest) to distinguish them from Roman numerals.


What is 30 in Arabic numerals?

30 in Arabic numerals is ٣٠


What is LXVII in Hindu Arabic numerals?

The Roman numerals LXVII=67 in Hindu Arabic numerals.


What is lvi in Arabic numerals?

The Roman numerals lvi or LVI converted into Arabic numerals are 56


How do you write 616 in roman and Arabic numerals?

In Arabic numerals, it is 616. In Roman numerals, it is DCXVI.


How do you write 44 in Hindu Arabic numerals?

44 IS Arabic Numerals.