who created/designed numbers?

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who created/designed numbers?

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2007-02-21 05:49:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science

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you mean the shape and sequence of those characters? They have their origins in arabic.

Be happy about that otherwise you would likely be writing todays date as ii / xxi /mmvii. Balancing your checkbook would be hell.

2007-02-21 05:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

The early humans created numbers; even before they became humans. When Og-gash went out hunting, he said "you 2 guys come with me, we're going to get 3 rabbits and 1 deer." That's numbers.

Did you mean "numerals"? That's the shape of the numbers that we write, which is a different thing.

2007-02-21 05:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

man

2007-02-21 05:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋