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| Name | Are Arabic Numerals based on the number of Angles?! |
| Video Uploader | Video From Math U | Step-by-Step |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 01-10-2021 07:00:26 |
| Video Discription | I have come across an interesting Instagram post that explained how the numerals that we use today were invented based on the number of angled corners. While I found this theory very interesting, I looked into it a bit more and discovered that the theory was far from the truth. From hours of research, I discovered that the scholars believe that Arabic numerals were not created with the Arabic geometric design, but developed from ancient Indian numerals, thus preferring to call them Hindu-Arabic Numerals. If you want to know more, please read 1. https://gizmodo.com/no-this-viral-image-does-not-explain-the-history-of-ar-1719306568 2. http://www.goodmath.org/blog/2015/07/21/arabic-numerals-have-nothing-to-do-with-angle-counting/ 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_system My pages Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MathU.YouTube Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mathu.youtube/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:07 What are Arabic Numerals? 0:19 The Numerals and Angles 1:27 The Theory is Not True! i9M9UARXQo8 |
| Category | Education |
| Tags | fun fact | arabic numerals | hindu-arabic numerals | geometric design | the evolution of numbers | mathematics | mathu | math |
