Should schools in America be forced to teach children Arabic numerals?

[image deleted]Arabic numerals

Why are there so many people saying no? This hurts.

[c=#BF0000][b]They already do!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂 [/b] I thought everyone would know 'cause there was yuuuuuge drama bout it just a few months ago[/c]

Lol, as opposed to Roman ones ?
(Wonder how many people know those are what we already use ?) 😅

it would be C times better to use roman numerals, because that would screw the school system even more.

No. And calculators and computers should be removed from all schools and replaced with abacuses (abacusii?). Students should also write their notes in Sanskrit.

(I looked it up - abacuses or abaci).

Crib notes can be written on the palms of test-takers, as always.

I thought they already were?

Ig options are good, but I think structure is important as well. It makes sense to have a numeric system that's commonly used, especially when it comes to measuring stuff or currency

omg to anyone who said anything but yes omg omg omg, clearly education failed you, unless u were in on the joke

this was already done but it signifies nothing, knowing them as Arabic numerals is not common knowledge because people just know numbers as numbers since the Roman version is only used in specific cases and not in things like mathematics. You're essentially asking people if something they don't know should be taught and, while they shouldn't be commenting on things they don't know, it misleads with a "foreign" term they do know so they use context and that's why they reply.

😂

Well, what looks cooler...
Rambo III
Or
Rambo 3?

I rest my case your honor...

Can't see any reason that would be helpful.

Maybe an option not forced

Lol

You lost me at forced.

Inspired ! :-)

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I’m pretty sure Spanish is the next popular language to English in America. So teaching them that would be more beneficial. But I don’t see them learning about other cultures as harmful either.

dude what numbers did YOU learn in school? lol