26-Apr-2012, 8:31 AM
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.)
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