Saturday 16 January 2010

12 January: Numbers as a Language

 We can use roman numerals, i have a programme (excel from my pri sch teacher) which can convert hindu-araibic to roman numerals and back, but it only works for Microsoft OS.

Symbol
Value
I
1 (one) (unus)
V
5 (five) (quinque)
X
10 (ten) (decem)
L
50 (fifty) (quinquaginta)
C
100 (one hundred) (centum)
D
500 (five hundred) (quingenti)
M
1000 (one thousand) (mille)


Symbol
Value
V or (V)
five thousand
X or (X)
ten thousand
L or (L)
fifty thousand
C or (C)
one hundred thousand
D or (D)
five hundred thousand
M or (M)
one million


×1
×2
×3
×4
×5
×6
×7
×8
×9
Ones
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Tens
X
XX
XXX
XL
L
LX
LXX
LXXX
XC
Hundreds
C
CC
CCC
CD
D
DC
DCC
DCCC
CM
Thousands
M
MM
MMM
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Ten thousands
X
XX
XXX
XL
L
LX
LXX
LXXX
XC
Hundred thousands
C
CC
CCC
CD
D
DC
DCC
DCCC
CM



 For more info you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

2010 in roman numerals is MMX. ^.^

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