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Numbers as we know today are the numbers of the decimal system (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9). They were created by mathematicians in ancient India s invented the decimal system around in the 9th century CE.
This numerical system was later adopted by Persian and Arabic mathematicians and spread to the western world by the High Middle Ages.
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When was the Egyptian numbers invented?
7003 yrs ago thats when the egyptian numbers were invented
What country invented the numbers from1to10?
There isnt one country who invented all the numbers.
Why was the Pascaline invented?
it was invented to count numbers
Who invented the names odd and even numbers?
George Washington invented odd and even numbers.
What were Roman numerals invented for?
Roman numerals were invented because in the roman times they did not have numbers so these were their numbers
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