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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?
(www.newsweek.com)
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Funny thing is the Indo-Arabic/Hindu-Arabic numerals aren't the only ones used in Arabic-speaking countries. I've seen prices like ٣٥٠ (350) in places like Jordan and Egypt. Here's a chart:
I would say the familiar 0-9 system is understood globally, but I don't know about those Alpha Centaurians.
Wtf is Tamil doing??
they are fancy as fuck
I assume those are probably the actual Arabic numerals (before they got the Indian numerals, hence why it doesn’t have a symbol for 0, which also came from India.)
You cannot grasp the true form of Tamil 5's attack.