lite Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 hey all i remembered in both the exams there was a question on the romanian no. like : VII means : a. 7 b. 2 c. ... d. ... i know it seems easy but one of the numbers were hard like CXII i tried to look it up but i couldn`t get it .. please any resources ? any web sites ? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafy Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1000 Add each number if their value decrease from left to right. Eg: MCXVI=1000+100+10+5+1=1116 Subtract their value if their value increase. Eg: CIX= 100+10-1=109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbizz Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 SymbolValue I or i 1 or one (unus) V or v 5 or five (quinque) X or x is10 or ten (decem) L or l is 50 or fifty C or c is 100 or one hundred (centum) D or d is 500 or five hundred M or m is 1000 or one thousand (mille) For large numbers (five thousand and above), a bar is placed above a base numeral to indicate multiplication by 1000: an underline X (X) is ten million Rules regarding Roman numerals often state that a symbol representing 10 to the power x may not precede any symbol larger than 10to the power x+1. For example, C cannot be preceded by I or V, only by X (or, of course, by a symbol representing a value equal to or larger than C). Thus, one should represent the number "ninety-nine" as XCIX, not as the "shortcut" IC. However, these rules are not universally followed. XLⅩ40, LⅬ50, LX60, LXXⅩ70 LXXX80, XCⅩⅭ90, XCIXⅩⅭⅠⅩ99, CⅭ100, CCⅭⅭ200, CDⅭⅮ400, DⅮ500, DCLXVIⅠ666 ,CMⅭⅯ900, MⅯ1000, MIX=1009, MCMXLV1945, MCMXCIX1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbizz Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 sheesh what did i paste :crazy: fafy's is simpler:tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lite Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 thanks very much fafy & fizzbizz :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khadija Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I=1 V=5 X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500 M=1000 Add each number if their value decrease from left to right. Eg: MCXVI=1000+100+10+5+1=1116 Subtract their value if their value increase. Eg: CIX= 100+10-1=109 FAFY, could you please explain how to calculate these. MCDXCII and MCMXCV it is respectively 1492 and 1995 and this one please CMXCIX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khadija Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzbizz Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 FAFY, could you please explain how to calculate these. MCDXCII and MCMXCV it is respectively 1492 and 1995 and this one please CMXCIX lemme try 1000+CD=500-100+XC=100-10 +1+1=1492 1000+ CM= 1000-100+XC=100-10+5=1995 CM=1000-100 + XC 100-10+ IX 10-1 =999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvua Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769547.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafy Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Fizzbizz is correct and the site is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khadija Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 lemme try 1000+CD=500-100+XC=100-10 +1+1=1492 1000+ CM= 1000-100+XC=100-10+5=1995 CM=1000-100 + XC 100-10+ IX 10-1 =999 good job lady,[clap] [clap] :grad: thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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