Origin of numbers_full_story
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The document discusses the origin of the Arabic number system and why numbers are named as they are. It explains that numbers from 1 to 9 get their names from the number of angles used in the algorithms, with 1 having 1 angle, 2 having 2 angles, and so on up to 9 angles. The algorithms were developed by Phoenician merchants and popularized by Arabs for counting and accounting, forming the basis of the number system used today.
Origin of numbers_full_story
- 1. Have you ever asked the question why 1 is one.....2 is two.....3 is three ? 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). The Arabs popularise these algorithms, but their origin goes back to the phenecian merchants that used them to count and do their commercial contability. What is the logic that exist in the arabic algorithms? Its in the angles! 1 Angles 2 Angles 3 Angles 4 Angles 5 Angles 6 Angles 7 Angles 8 Angles 9 Angles 0 Angles www.tammycamp.com