Q: This week’s question comes courtesy of Reynaldo Ramos: “We call the numbering system we use today ‘Arabic numerals.’ We all know that this number system was invented by the ...

Arabic numerals are practically ubiquitous in the United States. You can see them in the title of this article, in the publishing date, or on any digital clock. In short, and according to ...

Most Americans learn their ABCs and 123s early on in life, but a new survey found learning those numbers might be going a step too far. CivicScience, a market research company, asked 3,624 respondents ...

Before there was a Western civilization, there was Islamic civilization. By Mustafa Akyol Mr. Akyol is a regular contributing writer of Op-Eds for The Times. Should Americans, as part of their school ...

Have you ever carefully noticed the digits we use every day - 1, 2, 3, and so on? Have you asked yourself where they came from? Most people think, since we refer to them as "Arabic numerals," that ...

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 ...

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...