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Roman Numerals and Century's Quiz II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an Arabic numeral?

a)

Arabic numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.

b)

Arabic numerals are another name for Roman numerals

c)

It is the numeral system that uses digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

d)

a period of 100 years

2.

Write 888 as a Roman numeral

(a)  

3.

9 = VIIII

Why is this Roman numeral wrong and what is the right way to write this numeral?

a)

In Roman numerals you do not repeat a letter more than three times in a row. The correct answer is IX.

b)

This Roman numeral is correct so the correct answer is VIIII.

c)

In Roman numerals you do not repeat a letter more than three times in a row. The correct answer is XI.

4.

What does L mean as a Roman numeral?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

50

d)

100

e)

500

5.

What does D mean as a Roman Numeral?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

50

d)

100

e)

500

6.

What is X as a Roman Numeral?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

50

d)

100

e)

500

7.

Which sequence of Roman numerals is correct (starting with the smallest)

a)

V, X, D, M, L, C

b)

V, X, L, C, D, M

c)

X, D, V, L, C, M

8.

How would you write 1812 as a century?

a)

19th Century

b)

18th Century

c)

12th Century

d)

8th Century

9.

What dates are in the 21st Century?

a)

2100-2150

b)

2100-2199

c)

1000-1099

d)

2000-2099

10.

How many years are there in a century?

a)

1000

b)

50

c)

100

d)

1050

11.

What is 1965 as a century?

a)

19th Century

b)

65th Century

c)

20th Century

d)

9th Century

12.

How would you write 41AD as a century?

a)

1st Century AD

b)

41st Century AD

c)

Century 0

13.

What century is 1250

a)

15th Century

b)

13th Century

c)

12th Century

d)

125th Century

14.

If you are looking at the years 1200-1299 what century would you be looking at?

a)

10th Century

b)

12th Century

c)

129th Century

d)

13th Century

15.

What does BC and AD mean?

a)

BC and AD do not mean anything

b)

Best consumed before and After digested

c)

Before Christmas and After death

d)

Before Christ and Anno domini