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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.{{fact}} It was [[Fibonacci]], the Italian mathematician, who was finally successfull in introducing the Arabic numbers to Europe, around 1200 A.D.

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.

Indians first defined the value of zero (0), which is necessary for writing numbers in this way.

Indians first discovered the concept of zero (0).

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