Roman numbers

Roman Numbers

P.Koushik

Introduction

The Roman numeral system is the most ancient and a popular form of writing numbers. It was developed by the Romans thousands of years ago. In this system,7 letters of the alphabet are used to represent the numbers. The 7 letters along with their corresponding numeric value are given in the table below.

Rules for reading Roman numerals

1.If a symbol is repeated more than 1 time ,then we add its numeric value that may times.

2. When a letter having smaller value is written to the right having greater value, add the numeric value of the smaller letter to the numeric value of the greater letter.

3. When a letter having smaller value is written to the left having greater value, subtract the numeric value of the smaller letter from that of the greater letter.

Multiple Select

Write roman numerals for the following:

1.7

2.11

3.50

4.5

• VII,XI,L,V

• VII,XII,LV,VI

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks with roman numbers:

5 to 10

• V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X

• V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI

Multiple Select

Write numbers for the following:

1.XLIV

2.XXV

3.XXIII

• 44,25,23

• 44,25,213

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