INDIAN MATHEMATICS

• Number system brought by Arab traders
• Numerals originated in India
• Numbers are called Arabic Numerals or Hindu-Arabic Numerals
• People in India have been using numerals for 2,000 years
• The number system is known as the 'Decimal System'

The name comes from the Latin word decem, meaning ten.

The decimal system would not work without a symbol for 0

In a number like 5,555 each numeral is worth ten times as much as the numeral to its right