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For example, in 2021 it will be Super Bowl LV. Many competitions such as the Super Bowl and Olympic Games use numerals to represent how many times the event has been held.For example Henry VIII of England and Louis XVI of France. Roman numerals are used to refer to kings, queens, emperors and popes.Roman numerals can be found all everywhere in modern society, here are five examples: Leaving us with our answer of XVII (17).Re-arrange the numerals and re-apply the subtractive principle where required.

First cross out all of the pairs of numerals (as seen below).Let's take the almost scary problem of CCLXXXVIII (288) – CCLXXI (271): When subtracting numerals, we also ignore the subtractive principle. Arrange numerals from largest to smallest, giving us XVIIIII.instead of writing four as IV write it out as IIII. When adding with numerals, the number one tip is to ignore the subtractive principle – i.e. With no numeral for zero, it makes doing any advanced mathematics a tad bit difficult – but addition and subtraction are well within the realms of possibilities. Halves were represented by the letter 'S', short for semis. A twelfth was represented by a single dot ' The most common fractions used were twelfths and halves. This is because numerals were developed for the purposes of trading and there was no need for zero, instead the Latin word ‘nulla' was used.įractions were often used in currency. Interestingly there is no numeral for zero.

If we break it down the numeral for 1,000,000 is M̅, the numeral for 500,000 is D̅ and the numeral for 50,000 is L̅. If we want to write 1,550,000 in Roman numerals it would be written as: M̅ D̅ L̅. Similarly, one million is written as M̅ (1000 x 1000). If we draw a line across the top of a numeral then we are multiplying it by 1000.įor example, the Roman numeral for 5000 is written as V̅ (5 x 1000). Here are the years in numerals from 2010 to 2029: 2010īecause the largest letter used in Roman numerals is M and we can only stack three of the same numeral together the largest number you can write using standard numerals is 3999 ( MMMCMXCIX).īut it is possible to write numerals bigger than 3999. For example, 1985 would be written as MCM (1900) + LXXX (80) + V (5), which when written out is MCMLXV. We start off with MCM (1900) and then similarly add on whatever we need. Years from the 20th century are also quite simple. If we wanted to write 2020 in numerals we start with MM and add XX (20) to make MMXX. First, we start off with MM (1000 + 1000) and then we add on whatever we need. Years in the 21st century are nice 'n easy. Years written in Roman numerals can be quite long and scary – but breaking them down we see that they're actually quite simple. To write 1582 in numerals, we take 1000 ( M), 500 ( D), 50 ( L), 30 ( XXX) and 2 ( II), to make MDLXXXII. Broken down we have CM = 900, XC = 90 and IV = 4 adding all these up brings us back to 994. The number 994 is a great example of this rule – it's written CMXCIV. C can be placed before D (500) and M (1000) to make 400 and 900.

X can be placed before L (50) and C (100) to make 40 and 90.

I can be placed before V (5) and X (10) to make 4 and 9.

There are six instances where subtraction is used: The same principle applies to the number nine, which is written as IX. Here we have I (1) before V (5) and because the smaller number is before the larger number, we know that we have to subtract here – making IV four. Instead the subtractive principle is used. The Roman numeral for three is written III, but four is not IIII. The Romans didn't like writing four of the same numerals in a row, so they developed a system of subtraction. Roman numerals are usually written largest to smallest from left to right. If we take this a step further, the number twenty-seven is written as XXVII, which when broken down looks like XX (20) + V (5) + II (2) – all totalled up it equals to twenty-seven. The number twelve is XII which is just X (10) + II (2). For example, the Roman numeral for two is written as ‘ II' which is just two one's smushed together. We use these seven letters to make up thousands of others. Roman numerals are written using seven different letters: I, V, X, L, C, D and M, they represent the numbers 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000. Numerals Quiz Chart 1 to 10 Chart 1 to 20 Chart 1 to 50 Chart 1 to 100 Chart 1 to 1000