Arabic Numerals Poll
When civicscience a pittsburgh based market research firm polled more than 3 200 americans on the issue of mathematics instruction last week 56 of the respondents said arabic numerals should.
Arabic numerals poll. Sarah palin wants arabic numerals banned from america s schools a story that the former alaska governor wants arabic numbers out of schools originated from a fake news web site. The arabic numeral survey question is reminiscent of another viral questionnaire put forth by public policy polling ppp in december 2015. Let s start with the good. Which are you know the ones we use.
The numeral system came to be known to the court of baghdad where mathematicians such as the persian al khwarizmi whose book on the calculation with hindu numerals arabic. As of xvi xx this afternoon lvii per cento of mmmmlxxiv respondents oppose teaching children those sinister arabic numerals. 29 of respondents said that arabic numerals should be taught in schools. Let s start with the good.
29 of respondents said that arabic numerals should be taught in schools. 16 had no opinion on the subject. That s odd but okay. That s great because they already are.
Some 2 020 people answered no. That s odd but. Nevertheless a survey conducted by poll company civic science has found that 56 percent of americans would like arabic numerals which are the numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9 used in every. The poll did not explain what the term arabic numerals meant.
Twenty nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in us schools and 15 per. Those results which quickly inspired more than 24 000 tweets might have been sharply different had the pollsters. Another xiv per cento chose not to register an opinion on this controversial question of arabic influence in education. That s great because they already are.
Brookings register online poll mmxix v xi. An astounding 56 of americans said arabic numerals should not be taught in american schools. الجمع والتفريق بحساب الهندي was written about 825 in arabic and then the arab mathematician al kindi who wrote four volumes on the use of the indian numerals ketab fi isti mal al adad al.