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Roman Numeral Challenge - geodave - 25-Apr-2012
You don't.
The Greeks and Romans had no concept of 0 as a number, which is interesting since it appears the Babylonians did.
It's really in the Hindu-Arabic system with place value that 0 becomes a number.
Roman Numeral Challenge - Green Kitten - 25-Apr-2012
I read in a book that S was used to represent a half...
Roman Numeral Challenge - IceyLava108 - 25-Apr-2012
Quote:I read in a book that S was used to represent a half...
:o
Guess I haven't heard that.
Any more challenges?
Roman Numeral Challenge - BitBuster - 25-Apr-2012
MMDCXXIV
Roman Numeral Challenge - Flareon350 - 25-Apr-2012
Question: If you can't have more than 3 of the same roman numeral in a row, how do you express 4,000 then?
Roman Numeral Challenge - geodave - 26-Apr-2012
Quote:Question: If you can't have more than 3 of the same roman numeral in a row, how do you express 4,000 then?Answer: You CAN have 4. You just can't have 5. Also, only one of V, L and D.
And any number greater than MMMMDCCCCLXXXXVIIII isn't really expressible (although there have been some conventions made. M is supposed to denote a million, for example.)
Roman Numeral Challenge - IceyLava108 - 26-Apr-2012
Quote:MMDCXXIV
2,624
Roman Numeral Challenge - geodave - 26-Apr-2012
MMCMXCIX
(I almost wrote MMCMXCLXXXIV, but that's not a valid roman numeral.)
Roman Numeral Challenge - IceyLava108 - 27-Apr-2012
Quote:MMCMXCIX
(I almost wrote MMCMXCLXXXIV, but that's not a valid roman numeral.)
2,999
Roman Numeral Challenge - BigOto2 - 27-Apr-2012
When I was young I thought they were "Roman Numberals" which was just a fancy way of saying "Roman Numbers."