A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, will require elementary school children to learn Arabic numerals. The claims have been amplified by unverified ...

SACREMENTO — There is no law in California requiring students to use Arabic numbers in schools — because they already do. A post by the Last Line of Defense claimed Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed ...

Also according to Britannica (archived here), the number system: ...originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians, ...

SACRAMENTO - There is no law in California requiring students to use Arabic numbers in schools - because they already do. Arabic numerals are what Europeans and Americans use: The 10-digit system. A ...

New York City's new Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced an online uproar over a tweet claiming he would mandate elementary students learn Arabic numerals. This controversy overshadowed his actual progressive ...

SACREMENTO, Calif. (AP) — There is no law in California requiring students to use Arabic numbers in schools — because they already do. A post by the Last Line of Defense claimed Democratic Gov. Jerry ...