History of Hindu-Arabic Numerals

By ALFIRAMITA HERTANTI

CONTENTS

Definition The Origin of Hindu-Arabic

Numerals Hindu-Arabic Numeration

System

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Hindu-Arabic

Numerals

DEFINITION

Hindu-Arabic number is a number system that consists of numbers

0-9

THE ORIGIN

Arabic numerals originally came from India, form is a system originally developed by a number Brahmi Indian mathematician named al-Binuri around the year 300 BC. Brahmi numerals are not familiar with the number "0", the number 10, 20, 30, 100, 1000, etc.. Figures Brahmi inscriptions found in caves and temples in the area near poona, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.

Figures Brahmi and evolved into a number of india (gwallor) then became the number-

Dewanagari Sanskrit.

Evolution of Hindu-Arabic Numerals

The reason they are more commonly known as "Arabic numerals" in Europe and the Americas is that they were

introduced to Europe in the 10th century by Arabs of North Africa, who were then using the digits

from Libya to Morocco.

Leonardo Fibonacci was the first European to use

Arabic numerals in his book, Liber Abaci, written in 1202. He spent his youth studying Arabic numeral system, and

realize how simple and efficient Arabic numerals

rather than Roman numerals are used in

Europe.

Hindu-Arabic Numbers in Europe

This Latin Arabic numerals became popular and replaced the Roman numerals in Italy and then throughout Europe.

Elimination of the use of Roman numerals its using

difficult because in the calculation.

Hindu – Arab Numeration System

Hindu-Arabic numeral system is the most widely used today. This

system has 10 symbols called numbers (digits), namely:

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. The selection of 10 numbers is

influenced by the number of all the fingers is 10 (latin: decem),

so the system is called the Hindu Arabic decimal system.

PROPERTIES OF HINDU-ARABIC NUMERALS SYSTEM

Using 10 digits are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Using base ten number system. Numbers greater than 9 is expressed as a form of terms that are multiples of powers of 10

using place rules.