I sure fucking hope so. They're way more common than the Roman ones.
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And have you ever tried multiplication and division with Roman numerals? We tried it in math once. There is actually an algorithm for multiplication, but it is a pain in the ass. And division? You've got to subtract and count...
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Ragebaiting at its finest 🤌
The fact that this article needs to exist is so sad.
What until they hear about his birth certificate.
by using a term that some readers may find unfamiliar even though it refers to the numbers Americans already use
I dont understand this. When I was in Palestine, they definitely used different numerals.
Like, I guess they invented base 10? Or math? But the characters they use for numbers are absolutely different
What they invented was positional numbers, like one digit for hundreds, one for tens, one for units. Of course you need a notation for zero for this to work, so it's not as obvious as it seems (see roman numbers for another well known system).
They use Eastern Arabic numerals, while most of the world uses Western Arabic numerals.
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