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'''Arabic numerals''' consist of the [[number system]] most commonly used in the world:  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.

'''Arabic numerals''' consist of the [[number system]] most commonly used in the world:  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.

The term "Arabic numeral" is a [[misnomer]] that originated in 1847.  The more accurate term is "Hindu-Arabic numeral", as the origin of the numerals is [[Hinduism]] in [[India]] between 400 B.C. and A.D. 400.  The only connection with Arabs is that they communicated this system to [[Europe]] in the A.D. 900s, through Arabian [[mathematics|mathematicians]].  Most Arabs did not use these Indian numerals.

The term "Arabic numeral" is a [[misnomer]] that originated in 1847.  The more accurate term is "Hindu-Arabic numeral", as the origin of the numerals is [[Hinduism]] in [[India]] between 400 B.C. and A.D. 400.  The only connection with Arabs is that they communicated this system to [[Europe]] in the A.D. 900s, through Arabian [[mathematics|mathematicians]].  Most Arabs did not use these Indian numerals.{{fact}}

Indians first discovered the concept of zero (0).

Indians first discovered the concept of zero (0).

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