The Hindu-Arabic system ... a more detailed chart from Montcula here. Row seven contains ten very familiar characters. Labelled Chiffre Modernes (“modern digits”), the numeral system in ...

It’s a nice little number pun, but honestly, Roman numerals aren’t good for much — just try doing your taxes with them. By the sixth century A.D. (and possibly even earlier) a much better system, now ...

Here’s something Sr. Mary Agatha, your 8th-grade math teacher, never taught you. Before Hindu-Arabic numerals were widespread throughout Christendom, the Cistercian monks throughout Europe in ...

Q: Has California’s governor ordered public schools to use “ARABIC” numerals? A: No. That claim originated on a website that describes itself as satirical. Numbers from zero to nine — 0, 1 ...

Jerry Brown signed into law a requirement that students learn Arabic numerals. But California students, like others around the world, already use the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. Brown's deputy ...