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The Arabic people needed a numeral system and made figures, numbers. They based their system off of zero and also made negatives that the Roman numerals lack.

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When were Arabic numerals invented?

A long time ago


When was the number o invented in Arabic numerals and what is it called?

the question is not when it was invented but if it ever was invented in the first place...


4 When were Roman numerals replaced by the Arabic number system?

the arabic numbers were invented in the 10th centuary and replaced roman numerals in the 14th centuary


What is true about Arabic numerals?

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


What is the difference between Indian numerals and Arabic numerals?

indian numerals do not have zeor '0' digit, arabs invented 'zero' 0.


What are facts that numbers and roman numerals are different?

A) Arabic numerals are in numbers whereas Roman numerals are in letters.B) Even if Roman numerals are in letters the symbols are easier to understand, despite the fact that Australians and Americans and most probably you write numbers using the system of Arabic numerals.C) The system of Roman numerals was invented before the system of Arabic numerals, but people use the system of Arabic numerals to write more frequently.


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.


Why are numerals called Hindu Arabic?

Numerals are called Hindu Arabic, because they were invented by the Ancient Hindus during the 9th century, and then later adopted by the Arabic Persians in a book titled On the Use of Indian Numerals, which was brought to Western culture during the Middle Ages.


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

The concept of zero


Who make the number?

Arabic numerals were invented in India (and later brought to Europe by Arabs).


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.