Re: LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXV
 

I haven't been watching the post count, no - just having fun with Roman Numerals for a while.

Re: LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXivv
 

yeah roman numeral are fun...

Especially when you can't remember much about them.

Re: LXXVI LXXVII LXXVIII LXXIX LXXX LXXXI LXXXII
 

Roman numerals are an odd system:
Base symbols with their numeric meanings, encountered individually:
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1000

Now, if a smaller value is on the right of a larger value, they add; so
VI = 6
XI = 11
LI = 51
CI = 101
DI = 501
MI = 1001

If an I, X, or C value is to the left of a larger value (which also must not pass the next X, C, or M value up), the smaller value is subtracted from the larger value; thus:
IV = 4
IX = 9
XL = 40
XC = 90
CD = 400
CM = 900

If there are two or threee the same symbol (selected from I, X, C, M only) in a row, they add:

II = 2
XX = 20
CC = 200
MM = 2000
III = 3
XXX = 30
CCC = 300
MMM = 3000

These are cumulative; 1999 would be written as MCMXCIX: 1000 + (1000 - 100) + (100 - 10) + (10 - 1) while 2005 would be written as MMV: 1000 + 1000 + 5

For numbers over 4000, there's a an extra notation - a bar over the top multiplies whatever is underneath it by 1000.

One page on the subject - there's more, if you search

Re: LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXivv
 

I can do one to thirteen real good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII
 

1 to 50, and I can translate (eventually) just about any integer > 0 I choose.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII
XXXVIII
XXXIX
XL
XLI
XLII
XLIII
XLIV
XLV
XLVI
XLVII
XLVIII
XLIX
L

Re: LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII
 

I used to know the one for 100 - I think it's 'C'.

Re: LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII
 

Didn't he just say that?

Re: LXXXIX XC XCI XCII XCIII XCIV XCV XCVI XCVII
 

Seems a rather nonsensical order.

Which is fine, for this thread.

?sdrawkcab s'ti spahreP

Re: LXXXIX XC XCI XCII XCIII XCIV XCV XCVI XCVII
 

For some reason, on some clocks 4 is IIII and not IV.

Why is 1999 MCMXCIX and not something simpler like MIM?

Re: XCVIII XCIX C CI CII CIII CIV CV CVI CVII
 

.nwod edispu saw ta gnikool erew yeht rebmun eht fi llet dluoc enoemos os ylbissoP

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