document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=6762>Question 6762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is 4937 written in roman numerals? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This can be written as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4000+900+30+7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=MMMM + CM + XXX + VII <BR>\n" );
document.write( "=MMMMCMXXXVII<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Basics:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A numeral is a symbol used to represent a number. (Our digits 0-9 are often called Arabic numerals.) Each letter used in Roman numerals stands for a different number:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A smaller number in front of a larger number means subtraction, all else means addition. For example, IV means 4, VI means 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You would not put more than one smaller number in front of a larger number to subtract. For example, IIV would not mean 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You must separate ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands as separate items. That means that 99 is XCIX, 90 + 9, but never should be written as IC. Similarly, 999 cannot be IM and 1999 cannot be MIM.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I :The numeral one. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "II: is two,   III: is three. You seldom see IIII as 4, since IV can also mean 4, plus its shorter to write. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "V: The numeral 5. IV: is 4, VI: is 6, VII: is 7, VIII: is 8. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "X: The numeral 10. IX; is 9, XI: is 11, etc. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "L: The numeral 50. XL: would be 40. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C: The numeral 100. Think of Century having a hundred years. C is short for the Latin word Centum. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D: The numeral 500. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "M: The numeral 1000.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sometimes you will see a numeral with a line over it. That means to multiply it by 1000. A numeral V with a line over it means 5000. <BR>\n" );
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