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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but working with digits instead of sums make math way easier. Try a simple multiplication with Roman numerals without converting them into into decimals first. What would XIII times XVII be?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What would XIII times XVII be?

CCXXI.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And how did you get this result? The Romans (and Europeans before the Arabic numerals) used a kind of digit replacement system with a bunch of additions. We did this in math, and compared to the 10x10+3x10+7x10+3x7=221 it was rather complicated.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I just multiplied 13 and 17... 🤦‍♂️

IDK how that shit is taught now, but I just add 13 together 17 times.