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- Meaning of Roman Numerals
- Basic Combinations
- Rules to Forming Numbers
- Roman Big Numbers
- Worked Examples
What are Roman Numerals?
Roman numerals are number systems that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe. Numbers in this system are represented by combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet.
Roman Numerals use capital letters of the alphabet for numerals as shown below:
| Natural Numbers | Roman Numeral |
| 1 | I |
| 5 | V |
| 10 | X |
| 50 | L |
| 100 | C |
| 500 | D |
| 1000 | M |
Roman numerals were first used about 2,500 years ago. They are still used presently, on clock faces, chapter numbers in books, etc.
Basic Combinations:
| Natural Numbers | Roman Numeral |
| 1 | I |
| 2 | II |
| 3 | III |
| 4 | IV |
| 5 | V |
| 6 | VI |
| 7 | VII |
| 8 | VIII |
| 9 | IX |
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