SOLUTION: What are the roman numerals?
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Question 42062: What are the roman numerals?
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Answer by Fermat(136) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Roman Numerals are an ancient number system used by the early Romans.
I = 1
II = 2
III = 3
IV = 4
V = 5
Note that 4 is represented by placing "I" in front of V.
This means to subtract 1 from 5 or (5-1=4). This is common in Roman Numerals.
VI = 6
Note that the "I" is placed after the "V".
This means to add 1 to 5 or (5 + 1 = 6)
VII = 7
VIII = 8
IX = 9 (10-1=9)
X = 10
XI = 11 (10+1=11)
XII = 12, etc., continued the same as the one's.
The twenties, thirties, and forties are represented by X's.
XX = 20 (10 + 10 = 20)
XXX = 30 (10 + 10 + 10 = 30)
XXXX = 40
The fifty's = L
For example: 55 = LV.
Example: 40 = XL (50-10 = 40)
The hundred's = C
The Five hundred's = D
The One thousand's = M
(Source: http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry?id=r0294100)
For a more complete listing, rules and definition of Roman Numerals, you may want to search the web under "Roman Numerals". I found a lot of sites.
Answer by FadelSalem(12) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"I"
The easiest way to note down a number is to make that many marks - little I's. Thus I means 1, II means 2, III means 3. However, four strokes seemed like too many....
"V"
So the Romans moved on to the symbol for 5 - V. Placing I in front of the V — or placing any smaller number in front of any larger number — indicates subtraction. So IV means 4. After V comes a series of additions - VI means 6, VII means 7, VIII means 8.
"X"
X means 10. But wait — what about 9? Same deal. IX means to subtract I from X, leaving 9. Numbers in the teens, twenties and thirties follow the same form as the first set, only with X's indicating the number of tens. So XXXI is 31, and XXIV is 24.
"L"
L means 50. Based on what you've learned, I bet you can figure out what 40 is. If you guessed XL, you're right = 10 subtracted from 50. And thus 60, 70, and 80 are LX, LXX and LXXX.
"C"
C stands for centum, the Latin word for 100. A centurion led 100 men. We still use this in words like "century" and "cent." The subtraction rule means 90 is written as XC. Like the X's and L's, the C's are tacked on to the beginning of numbers to indicate how many hundreds there are: CCCLXIX is 369.
"D"
D stands for 500. As you can probably guess by this time, CD means 400. So CDXLVIII is 448. (See why we switched systems?)
"M"
M is 1,000. You see a lot of Ms because Roman numerals are used a lot to indicate dates. For instance, this page was written in the year of Nova Roma's founding, 1998 CE (Common Era; Christians use AD for Anno Domini, "year of our Lord").
That year is written as MCMXCVIII. But wait! Nova Roma counts years from the founding of Rome, ab urbe condita. By that reckoning Nova Roma was founded in 2751 a.u.c. or MMDCCLI.
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"V"
Larger numbers were indicated by putting a horizontal line over them, which meant to multiply the number by 1,000. Hence the V at left has a line over the top, which means 5,000. This usage is no longer current, because the largest numbers usually expressed in the Roman system are dates, as discussed above.
Happy New Year,
fadelsalem@hotmail.com
Answer by CoolRekt(53) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-numeral
This should help.
CoolRekt
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What are the roman numerals?
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The simplest answer is "A waste of time."
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I have seen people complain that their kids are forced to learn Arabic numbers.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See this Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
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