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Roman Numeral Challenge
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24-Apr-2012, 6:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-Apr-2012, 6:59 PM by IceyLava108.)
Quote:Then how do you express the number 4, if you can't have four in a row and you can't do the lower-before-higher trick? 4 = IV The I before the V means you subtract one from 5, equaling four. 
24-Apr-2012, 7:51 PM
...but you said earlier that you can't do that...
: / Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.
24-Apr-2012, 8:06 PM
Quote:...but you said earlier that you can't do that... No I didn't :O On Josh's first post, I corrected myself after I mistook his numeral for an invalid one. IV (4) - The I behind the V means that you subtract I from V (1 from 5) getting 4. IX (9) - The I behind the X means you subtract I from X (1 from 10) and get 9. VI (6) The I in front of the V means you add I onto V (1 + 5) and get 6. XI (11) The I in front of the X means you add I onto X (1 + 10) and get 11. Understand now? :O 
24-Apr-2012, 10:27 PM
IIII is perfectly legal for 4.
"Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep / Turn turn turn again" - Bob Dylan
24-Apr-2012, 11:50 PM
You got mine wrong
 The last two are VI, not IV. The number was 1666. Coincidentally, that was the year the great fire of London occurred :/
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25-Apr-2012, 12:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-Apr-2012, 12:09 AM by IceyLava108.)
Quote:You got mine wrong With so many replies at once I must've read yours wrong. Sorry  Quote:IIII is perfectly legal for 4. For tallies, yes. For Roman numerals, there is a rule that no more than three of the same numeral can be in a row. So that's why 4 is VI, and 5 is V, and so on.
25-Apr-2012, 8:21 AM
Quote:On Josh's first post, I corrected myself after I mistook his numeral for an invalid one. Ok, that was where the misunderstanding occurred... Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.
25-Apr-2012, 9:32 AM
Quote:With so many replies at once I must've read yours wrong. Sorry As mentioned before, it's not a "rule". It's a convenience of modern usage. Find a clock with roman numerals on the face and it will probably have IIII on the front.
"Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep / Turn turn turn again" - Bob Dylan
25-Apr-2012, 9:49 AM
Quote:As mentioned before, it's not a "rule". It's a convenience of modern usage. Find a clock with roman numerals on the face and it will probably have IIII on the front. Whatever it is
25-Apr-2012, 12:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-Apr-2012, 12:27 PM by KeyboardWielder.)
How do you write 0 in Roman?
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