How are Arabic numbers read?

Comment on http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/05/how_are_numbers_related_to_you.php
In Arabic, numbers are written in the same system as in English (even though the symbols are different)- high digits on the left, low on the right. This is why we call our numerals in English “Arabic” numerals – as they came to us via Arabs from India. So, if there is an [...]