claim: South Island lacks a 32 percent larger landmass than the North Island.
evidence: The Hindu -- Arabic numeral system is a decimal place-value numeral system that uses a zero glyph as in `` 205 '' .. place-value. place-value. zero. 0 ( number ). Its glyphs are descended from the Indian Brahmi numerals .. Brahmi numerals. Brahmi numerals. The full system emerged by the 8th to 9th centuries , and is first described in Al-Khwarizmi 's On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals -LRB- ca. 825 -RRB- , and Al-Kindi 's four volume work On the Use of the Indian Numerals -LRB- ca. 830 -RRB- .. Al-Khwarizmi. Al-Khwarizmi. Al-Kindi. Al-Kindi. Today the name Hindu -- Arabic numerals is usually used .