were did Fibonacci learn about the Hindu-Arabic numeral system
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It is the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
Yes, Americans DO use the Arabic numeral system, although the proper term is the Hindu-Arabic Numeral System, since the Hindus were using a decimal system in 900 CE. In 1202 CE, Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa) translated this system from Hindu to Latin. This system is now used worldwide.
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Roman numeral LCCIII is 73 in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
Because the Hindu-Arabic numeral system contained a nought figure which made arithmetical calculations a lot easier to work out.