Question 3 - Figure it out - Page 80 - Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)

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Question 3 Where in your daily lives, and in which professions, do the Hindu numerals, and 0, play an important role? How might our lives have been different if our number system and 0 hadn’t been invented or conceived of?Hindu numerals (0-9) and the concept of zero are the foundation of modern civilization. Daily Life: Commerce: Prices, banking, salaries, and splitting bills all rely on the decimal system. Time: Digital clocks, calendars, and schedules. Communication: Phone numbers, addresses, and IP addresses. Professions: Computer Science: Computers use binary (0 and 1), which is mathematically rooted in the concept of zero and place value. Without 0, we wouldn't have modern computing. Engineering & Architecture: Precise measurements and calculations for buildings, bridges, and machines require efficient arithmetic that Roman numerals couldn't provide. Science: Measuring distances to stars, calculating microscopic weights, or plotting graphs relies entirely on this efficient system. Life without them: Our question is How might our lives have been different if our number system and 0 hadn’t been invented or conceived of? The answer is Calculations would be incredibly slow and prone to error (try multiplying MCXIV by XLIII). Advanced algebra, calculus, and physics would likely not have developed as they did, stalling technological progress. Global trade would be cumbersome due to lack of a standardized, easy-to-convert system.