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When the Arab empire expanded to the Hindu area they have already had numbers, but it was not yet complete or in it's best form, laws and rules(math).
So the Arabs took these numbers and improved them to it's best state, that's why everyone in the world uses it.
Sadly the Arab nation does not use this form of numbers today, but they still use the old Hindu form of writing, but all the rules of math are use from the improved Hindu-Arabic version, weird isn't it!?!
They are called so because they are of an Arabic invention then they had been transmitted to the whole world. The philosophy behind them is that the number of angles in the form of the number represents its value, this explains why Arabs put a small dash in the middle of the number seven.
& yes,it's weird that the Indian form is usually used in the Arab world while the Arabic form is used all over the world including the Arabian world but not that much.
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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.
Why are Hindi-Arabic numerals called Hindi-Arabic numerals?
They are actually called Hindu-Arabic numerals, so named because the system originated in India and was brought to Europe by the Western Arabs.
How did Indian numerals come to be called Arabic numerals?
Indian numerals came to be called Hindu- Arabic numerals for many reasons. Some of those reasons are because they were originated from India where they were using the numerals for 1 to 9 for more than 2,000 years. Arab traders then brought these numerals to the West, As a result, we call them Arabic numerals, or Hindu-Arabic numerals.
How did Indian numerals come to be called Hindu-Arabic numerals?
Indian numerals came to be called Hindu- Arabic numerals for many reasons. Some of those reasons are because they were originated from India where they were using the numerals for 1 to 9 for more than 2,000 years. Arab traders then brought these numerals to the West, As a result, we call them Arabic numerals, or Hindu-Arabic numerals.
What is the Arabic number for the roman numeral xii?
There is no system called "Arabic numbers". XII can be defined by a set of Arabic NUMERALS, but not by a single character.Improved Answer:-The Roman numerals of XII equals 12 in Hindu-Arabic numerals.
