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  • The digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 are known as Arabic numerals but were originally defined by Indian mathematicians
  • The symbols for 1, 4 and 6 were accepted first. The symbols for 2, 7 and 9 were only accepted 100 years later

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