The document discusses the origins of Arabic numerals, also known as Hindu-Arabic numerals. It explains that (1) the numbers we use today originated from algorithms developed by Phoenician merchants and popularized by Arabs to facilitate counting and commerce. It then (2) reveals that the numeric values assigned to the numbers 1 through 9 are based on the number of angles in their primitive written forms. Finally, it (3) notes that zero is represented by the absence of an angle, making it the most intelligent of all the numeric representations.

1. Numbers
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0123456789
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2. The numbers we write are made up of
algorithms, (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) called
Arabic algorithms, to distinguish them
from Roman algorithms (I, II, III,
IV, etc.).
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3. The arabs popularized these
algorithms, but their origin goes
back to the Phoenecian merchants
who used them to count and do
their commercial accounting.
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4. Have you ever asked the
question why “one” is 1, “two”
is 2, “three” is 3...?
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5. What is the logic that
existed in the arabic
algorithms?
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6. Easy, very easy…!
There are angles!
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7. Look at these algorithms written
in their primitive form and
check it out! …
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8. 1 angle 2 angles
1
3 angles 4 angles
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9. 1
2
5 angles 6 angles
7 angles
8 angles
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10. 1
9 angles
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11. And the most interesting and
intelligent of all…..
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12. Zero angle !
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13. It is never too late to learn!
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14. Share it with your
friends….
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