Why does the dollar sign ($) come IN FRONT of the numbers in English?
963569
In English, that happens a lot.  We have a White House but in most of the world, it would be a House White (Casablanca) but we do have Baton Rouge, LA which we should rename, Red Stick, LA.  We think the right way, everyone else is backward. We also drive on the right side of the road. OK?
89898
yes. their system interchanged the use of the period and the comma as seperators so that they seperate thousands using the period and the decimal part of a number is seperated or indicated through a comma so that three thousand euro and twenty cents is written as €3.000,20.
1128026
Simple : A fake dollar will not have the face on the right , some you can't see the face but their still real . There 's a someting a policeman told me when someone gave me a fake bill he said put the money up to a light and if it has a USA five or one or just what ever bill you got ! if is has that USA black written line going through the bill on any side it's real. That is one thing people can't copy! And some people don't even notice that.
853926
the word dollar was in use in the English language as slang or mis-pronunciation for the thaler (which was german slang for a coin minted in a certain valley or 'thal' ) for about 200 years before the American Revolution.  Many quotes in the plays of Shakespeare refer to 'dollars' as money.
798085
Your instructor is an idiot.\nThere is no commonly accepted notation in math which puts a dot over a natural number.\nI'm really sorry that you have a numbskull for a Calculus teacher.
233360
Because it was originally the abbreviation for the Italian word for number, "numero".  It spread to the English speaking world from there.
748755
Because the US Dollar is more widely held than any other currency in thr world.  The people compilying the currency list know that a large number of people who check the list will only be interested in the Dollar, so they put it first.
562003
a minus sign with a dot above it and a dot below it.\n\nMENTALLY SUPERIMPOSE THESE TWO CHARACTERS \n:-
416121
As others have said, you can enter it as text, but then you always have to enter the 0.  You can force Excel to place the 0.\n\nIn the "Format Cells" window, if you choose the "Custom" option, you can enter a variety of formats in the "Type" box.  If you always wanted a 0 to appear before the remainder of the numbers, you could enter "0" and then as many "#" signs as you expect the largest number to be.  If your largest number would be 5 digits, enter "0#####".  If you want the nubmer to have a decimal component, "0#####.###".  If you want to force the decimals to appear, "0##,###.000".  If you want the number to represent dollars, "$0##,###.00".
1153191
I find that irritating as well.  I would suggest one of two things:\n\n1) \nHighlight cells in question\nGo to FORMAT pull down menu and select CELLS\nSelect the NUMBERS tab\nIn the CATEGORY window, select NUMBER and indicate how many decimal places to the right (or select whichever number category you deem appropriate)\nClick OK\n\n2) Worse Case Scenario\nType a single apostrophe in front of the number in each cell\nDon't worry, the apostrophe will not be visible after you hit the Enter/Return key\n\nGood luck!
647183
The answer is obvious.\n\nIt's because ^%&%$&^$&%£%&^*&*  hgvfjhjh ^%776576&*900\nFJHf (*6986ymn kl/h,.\n\nI hope that helps.
373178
First:   $  That is a dollar SIGN, not a dollar SING.\nSecond: I haven't known any dollars that sing.
348679
I don't know anything about the British pound sign, but I'm pretty sure  this symbol: # is also known as a pound sign. Which means a pound sign is on a keybord, just not the one you want. It's over the 3.
277252
It's probably to signify that it's an amount of money. You put it in the beginning so the person is prepared.\n\nLike in Spanish, the question mark is before and after the sentence, you're prepared to read it as a question.
314112
The use of the symbol "/" is merely a convention.  In Europe they mean day/month/year, but in the United States they mean month/day/year.  Neither convention is the "right" one.  You just have to learn the language, or give the date in a different way.
549792
think its ze symbol for yen which is japanese money
832152
well they do. if you're on an ibm computer, hold down ALT and then type numbers, like "ALT 666" makes the symbol Ü, and you can keep typing in different numbers and i think eventually you will get the cents symbol. besides, people don't usually write out the cents symbol. if you're going to write "55 cents", you usually write it as "$.55".