Monday, July 14, 2014

Roman Numerals in MATHS and Rules

Roman Numbers to Hindu Arabic Number Table -

Roman Numbers
I
V
X
L
C
D
M
Hindu Arabic Numbers
1
5
10
50
100
500
1000


 Rules of Roman numerals -

1. Repetition of roman numerals mean addition.
2. Only I,X,C,M can be repeated.
3. V,L,D can't be repeated.
4. No symbol can be repeated more than three times.
5. Smaller numerals written to the left of larger numerals means subtraction.
6. "I" can be subtracted from "V" and "X" only. 

1 comment:

  1. That's interesting. Most of the folks knew using letters I X and V.
    L,C, D, M info is totally new to us.
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