[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by g

english numbers are ordered right to left exactly like arabic ones

for example 1995

5 is the smallest written to the right

and 1 which is the largest ,referring to one thousand, is written to the left

for that reason ( order from right to left ) arab claims that they had invented numbers and west followed them !!...

good luck with the numbers you registered

The west undoubtedly adopted the system used by the Arabs, however, claims to have invented the system are groundless as the Arabs actually imported the Indian System. I believe that they are often called Indian numerals in Arabic just as we refer to them as Indian numerals. The zero was also invented in India.

Dave