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September 23rd, 2005, 11:19 PM
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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.
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September 24th, 2005, 12:14 AM
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Re: LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXivv
yeah roman numeral are fun...
Especially when you can't remember much about them.
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September 24th, 2005, 03:28 AM
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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
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September 24th, 2005, 03:36 AM
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Re: LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXivv
I can do one to thirteen real good. 
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September 24th, 2005, 03:53 AM
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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
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XVI
XVII
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September 24th, 2005, 05:22 AM
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Re: LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII
I used to know the one for 100 - I think it's 'C'.
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September 24th, 2005, 09:49 AM
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Re: LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII
Didn't he just say that?
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September 24th, 2005, 03:11 PM
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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
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September 24th, 2005, 03:15 PM
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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?
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September 24th, 2005, 03:26 PM
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Re: XCVIII XCIX C CI CII CIII CIV CV CVI CVII
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