The document discusses the origin and logic of Arabic numerals. It explains that the numbers we write today originated from algorithms used by Phoenician merchants and were popularized by Arabs. Interestingly, the shapes of the numerals relate to the number of angles in their primitive forms - for example, 1 is one angle and 7 is seven angles. The document encourages learning and sharing this insight into the intelligent design of the number system.
May or may not be historically correct, but it is interesting.
I receive several PowerPoint presentations through e-mail, so I thought I'd share them. I just post them. I didn't creat them :)
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How numerals 0 - 9 got their shape - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Do you know why numbers look like they do? Someone, at some point in time, had to create their shapes and meaning.
Watch this short presentation and then you will know how our Arabic numbers were originally created a very long time ago and what logic the people that created them used to determine their shapes.
It is really very simple and quite creative.
You have to admire the intelligence of a person or people that created something so simple and perfect that it has lasted thousands and thousands of years and will probably never change.
When the presentation gets to the number "seven" you will notice that the 7 has a line through the middle of it. That was the way the Arabic 7 was originally written, and in Europe and certain other areas they still write the 7 that way. Also, in the military, they commonly write it that way.
The nine has a kind of curly tail on it that has been reduced, for the most part nowadays, to a simple curve, but the logic involved still applies
May or may not be historically correct, but it is interesting.
I receive several PowerPoint presentations through e-mail, so I thought I'd share them. I just post them. I didn't creat them :)
www.PowerLegacy.Com
How numerals 0 - 9 got their shape - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Do you know why numbers look like they do? Someone, at some point in time, had to create their shapes and meaning.
Watch this short presentation and then you will know how our Arabic numbers were originally created a very long time ago and what logic the people that created them used to determine their shapes.
It is really very simple and quite creative.
You have to admire the intelligence of a person or people that created something so simple and perfect that it has lasted thousands and thousands of years and will probably never change.
When the presentation gets to the number "seven" you will notice that the 7 has a line through the middle of it. That was the way the Arabic 7 was originally written, and in Europe and certain other areas they still write the 7 that way. Also, in the military, they commonly write it that way.
The nine has a kind of curly tail on it that has been reduced, for the most part nowadays, to a simple curve, but the logic involved still applies
This was sent to me and it was too cool not to share. Unfortunately, I don't know the original source. Perhaps you'll find it on the presentation. . . .
Although they are called Arabic Numerals, they were actually from the Hindus in India and passed on by the Phoenicians to the Arabs and then in the 10th century were brought to Europe by the Arab traders. Hence the name Arabic numerals. Very interesting!
This is an interesting presentation about the numbers, how they were created. I don't know the source of this file, but found it as an email and thought slideshare would be best!
This was sent to me and it was too cool not to share. Unfortunately, I don't know the original source. Perhaps you'll find it on the presentation. . . .
Although they are called Arabic Numerals, they were actually from the Hindus in India and passed on by the Phoenicians to the Arabs and then in the 10th century were brought to Europe by the Arab traders. Hence the name Arabic numerals. Very interesting!
This is an interesting presentation about the numbers, how they were created. I don't know the source of this file, but found it as an email and thought slideshare would be best!
2. The numbers we write are made up of
algorithms, (1, 2, 3, 4, etc) called
arabic algorithms, to distinguish them
from the roman algorithms (I; II;
III; IV; etc.).
1
013456…
452
3. The arabs popularise these
algorithms, but their origin goes
back to the phenecian merchants
that used them to count and do
their commercial contability.
1
013456…
452
4. Have you ever asked the
question why 1 is “one”, 2 is
“two”, 3 is “three”…..?
1
013456…
452
5. What is the logic that exist
in the arabic algorithms?
1
013456…
452