Multiple choice general knowledge

In which of the following countries did the decimal system of numbers originate?

  1. England

  2. France

  3. India

  4. Germany
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Explanation

The decimal system with place value and zero originated in ancient India around the 5th century CE. This Hindu-Arabic numeral system was later transmitted to the Arab world and then to Europe, becoming the foundation of modern mathematics. India's development of zero as a number and the decimal place-value system was a revolutionary mathematical breakthrough.

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