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Roman Numerals You can write Roman numerals using only these seven letters as building blocks
I = 1 V = 5 X = 10 L = 50 C = 100 D = 500 M = 1,000
You will need: pencil and paper 1. Practice making different Roman numerals by combining the numbers above 2. To write a big number, add on each part of the number, starting the highest. For example: 1,776 is MDCCLXXVI ---M(1,000), DCC (500+100+100), LXX(50+10+10), VI (5+1) 3. Try writing down the year of your birth
To count from 1-20 in roman numerals, add or subtract letters like this: I =1, II=1+1, III=1+1+1, IV=5-1, V=5, VI=5+1, VII=5+1+1, VIII=5+1+1+1, IX=10-1, X=10 XI=10+1 XII=10+1+1 XIII=10+1+1+1 XIV=10+(5-1) XV=10+5 XVI=10+5+1 XVII=10+5+1+1 XVIII=10+5+1+1+1 XIX=10+(10-1) XX=10+10+ Count by tens like this: X=10 XX=10+10 XXX=10+10+10 XL=50-10 L=50 LX=50+10 LXX=50+10+10 LXXX=50+10+10+10 XC=100-10 C=100
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