Just some random guy who is not particularly educated about the subject here.

I think that's how the Arabs of today depict Arabic numerals. Both are Arabic numerals and there are many other scripts, for instance many variations of brahmic scripts that depict the Arabic numerals using various notations.

So both are Arabic numerals using different notations and adapted to be used alongside their own writing system.

we only call them Arabic numerals, with a lowercase n,

[x] doubt

Louis XVI

Thank you for the translation, I was really struggling with those weird symbols they were using.

Superbowl numbers

I feel like that is an example of the slippery slope fallacy. Latin alphabet I can understand, but no normal country would voluntairly choose imperial measurements system

I will not allow the measurements for the galactic empire being taught in our schools!

base sixteen is the future

I guess you could reproduce that survey in any western country. I can’t think of many people who know “our” [Edit: numerals] are called “Arabic”.

Should the government spend millions of your tax dollars to ensure every single home has uninterrupted supply of clean dihydrogen monoxide?

Hydrogen hydroxide is both and acid AND a base, and it's served to students at school!

It has a PH of 7 and the government pumps it into your home!

I respect people that have no opinion. Not everyone is going to know everything about every subject. Saying "I don't know enough about this subject to have an opinion" should be considered completely valid.

Case in point, someone that doesn't know that Arabic Numerals are the ubiquitous number system in the world saying "I dunno" is way better than someone else that also doesn't know this being pressured to give an answer. It's certain that the 57% of the people that answered "No" were thinking that American schools should just teach the numerals they were taught and didn't know Arabic numerals actually were what they were taught.

Then we can make assumptions about people being racist for simply not knowing some math terminology. While there are indeed people that are racist, I think people simply not knowing the terminology is a more significant factor in this poll. It can be difficult to interpret polling data even in the best of times, and online polls are meaningless besides that.

But it's fun to point and laugh at people that don't know correct terminology I guess.

People want to see the results, so they would vote anything if there is no "no opinion" option.

You can’t have one without Arabic numerals in the first place.