By the late Middle Ages, the Hindu-Arabic decimal system mostly replaced Roman numerals  and fractions in Europe, but efforts by scholars like John Wilkins to promote standard decimal-based measures were less successful.
Do kasnog srednjeg vijeka, hindu-arapski decimalni sustav uglavnom je zamijenio rimske brojeve i razlomke u Europi, ali napori učenjaka poput Johna Wilkinsa da promoviraju mjere na decimalnoj bazi bile su manje uspješne.