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Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of the standard curriculum?

Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of the curriculum?

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Threegoofs said:
I just heard about this, and it disturbed me.

Kids as young as six years old in some school districts are being forced to learn this.

A larger, national poll has already been done, but I'm curious as how the DP crowd will vote.


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Details matter. Are they learning this in place of something else? If so what? That matters a lot. Are they learning this in addition to what they were learning previously? If so then I am all for it. How is learning ever bad?
 
Xelor said:
Yes, that's exactly what Arabic numerals are.

I wonder how many folks don't realize that we say "algebra" because the West's understanding of math came by way Muslims, Arabs, Moors.
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Don't forget, many stars have Arabic names! We need to make astronomy American again!

List of Arabic star names - Wikipedia
 
Napoleon said:
Western Arabic numerals, yes. Eastern Arabic numerals used in the Middle East are quite different in script.
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I remember trying to find a particular bus in Cairo, the Arabic writing was left to right, but the numbers right to left.

BTW, taking a city bus in Cairo...bucket list, its an experience....
 
Kreton said:
Details matter. Are they learning this in place of something else? If so what? That matters a lot. Are they learning this in addition to what they were learning previously? If so then I am all for it. How is learning ever bad?
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Well they learn Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals. Imagine math class instead of multiplying 22 by 8 you were multiplying XXI by IX. I'm just getting a head ache thinking about it.
 
CLAX1911 said:
Well they learn Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals. Imagine math class instead of multiplying 22 by 8 you were multiplying XXI by IX. I'm just getting a head ache thinking about it.
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Roman numerals do tend to more concise in the larger numbers and might be suited for expressing equations but it is hard to conceptualize solving equations with them. Then again the Romans managed to do it somehow. :lol:
 
Crosscheck said:
It is true reflection of an uneducated population we have.

I guess you start using Arabic numerals then Sharia law can't be that far away.
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Next thing is to pollute our language with foreign characters.
 
Napoleon said:
Roman numerals do tend to more concise in the larger numbers and might be suited for expressing equations but it is hard to conceptualize solving equations with them. Then again the Romans managed to do it somehow. :lol:
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I'm sure if we used them it would be second nature to us. But the Arabic numerals were much more elegant in their simplicity.
 
Kreton said:
Details matter. Are they learning this in place of something else? If so what? That matters a lot. Are they learning this in addition to what they were learning previously? If so then I am all for it. How is learning ever bad?
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Learning is okay as long as we don't teach the wrong things.
 
I think, too, the population is unaware of the influence Greeks have on our mathematics. Why can't we rely on good old American values, especially in math. It's the bedrock of our financial system!
 
Should Madrasas teach Latin?
 
beefheart said:
I remember trying to find a particular bus in Cairo, the Arabic writing was left to right, but the numbers right to left.

BTW, taking a city bus in Cairo...bucket list, its an experience....
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Infinitely more important to me is the use of the Metric System in our schools from the beginning. Students I’d get in Chemistry usually had no clue about the SI. 7 bass units; every other unit derived; using prefixes to change the value of the unit.

Concepts in Chemistry begin with defining the seven base units in reproducible terms, except for the kilogram. Water’s density being defined as one gram per milliliter or cubic centimeter at 4 degrees Celsius, where its maximum density occurs. One Liter being defined as a cubic decimeter. Carbon-12 = exactly 12.

With square or cubic length conversions, they’d forget to square or cube the relating power of ten. Dimensional Analysis or Factor-Label. Physics is where the units get more intense for them. F = ma >> N = kg[SUP].[/SUP]m/s[SUP]2[/SUP].
 
Threegoofs said:
I just heard about this, and it disturbed me.
Kids as young as six years old in some school districts are being forced to learn this.
A larger, national poll has already been done, but I'm curious as how the DP crowd will vote.
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A joke page ... :lol:

Coalition for an Arab(ic Numeral)-Free America
 
I guess the reason for the number of votes cast in favor for a useless overall number system, they just don't want to be libeled a racist for not learning Arabic numbers and bowing down to the likes of Ilhan Omar or Pramila Jayapal. What next numbers in French..un deux trois....? Bringing back Latin?
 
CLAX1911 said:
I'm sure if we used them it would be second nature to us. But the Arabic numerals were much more elegant in their simplicity.
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Darn I can't find Arabic numbers on my computer....I guess I will have to suffer.
 
It doesn't much matter which system you teach if you don't do a good job of teaching it. The USA public school system ranks near the bottom in math scores.

Among the 35 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sponsors the PISA initiative, the U.S. ranked 30th in math and 19th in science.
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Napoleon said:
Roman numerals do tend to more concise in the larger numbers and might be suited for expressing equations but it is hard to conceptualize solving equations with them. Then again the Romans managed to do it somehow. :lol:
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I'm willing to bet the Romans used tables to solve arithmetic problems. There's a reason that nobody's ever heard of all the great Roman mathematicians. It's because there aren't any.
 
This is just one way that insidious multiculturalism gets an opening. We allowed for both Arabic and roman numerals to be taught on education, and the next thing you know we have madrasses in Dearborne and the Cosa Nostra controlling racketeering in Chicago, Newark and Atlantic City . We allowed tacos and burritos in our grocery stores, and now we need to build a wall on our southern border to keep the Guadalajara Cartel out of LA.

Mexican chilis and Horchata came with a very steep pricetag.
 
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bearpoker said:
I'm willing to bet the Romans used tables to solve arithmetic problems. There's a reason that nobody's ever heard of all the great Roman mathematicians. It's because there aren't any.
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Well it sounds like they were trying to use an early predecessor to common core so that’s understandable. :lol:
 
I don't see what the issue of teaching arabic numerals is. Maybe that's because I'm not some stupid conspiracy theorist that thinks that all the mooslims are gonna kill the white people.
 
CLAX1911 said:
Well they learn Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals. Imagine math class instead of multiplying 22 by 8 you were multiplying XXI by IX. I'm just getting a head ache thinking about it.
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No one said they were replacing Roman Numerals. Nothing suggests that anyone does math using either of those methods. Learning numbers is not a bad, damaging, or scary thing. They are characters. Knowing them can be helpful and I cannot think of any scenario where knowing an arabic number is detrimental to anyone.
 
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