Why Does Our Hindu-Arabic Number System Work So Well?

Translate this number from Egyptian Heiroglyphics to Hindu-Arabic.

• 654

• CDLVI

• 456

• 645

What is the base of the Maya number system?

• 10

• 20

• 100

• 2

What Persian mathematician introduced the Hindu-Arabic number system in Europe?

• al-Khwarizmi

• Albert Einstein

• Leonardo diVinci

• Alakazam

What word or phrase means "ways to use numbers to count and do arithmetic"?

• base

• place value

• Hindu-Arabic system

• number system

What word or phrase means "no quantity or number"?

• thousand

• zero

• fraction

• base

What does the definition of the word "base" as it is used in the article?

• the number of symbols that could be arranged to create any number in a number system

• the lowest part or edge of something

• the lowest part of a shield

• an important element or ingredient to which other things are added

What is the base of our Hindu-Arabic number system?

• infinity

• zero

• ten

• twenty

Where did the Hindu-Arabic number system originate?

• South America

• USA

• Southeast Asia

• Rome

Which date would come first on a timeline?

• 400 CE

• 1200CE

• 3000BCE

• 2019 CE

What do the initials BCE stand for?

• Begin Counting Everywhere

• Before Countries Explored

• Before Common Era

• Begin Counting Egyptian