A Conversation for Number Systems Through the Ages
Romans
StarSeeker Started conversation Jul 1, 2014
What did the Romans do, if they had to write down a number larger than several Ms?
Our teacher told us that there musn't be more than 3 same numbers in a row
, funny that Romans used their numbers differently
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 1, 2014
I StarSeeker! I don't know what the Romans did for large numbers. It's certainly true that they avoided the "subtractive" numbers such as IV and XL, but according to Wikipedia they did occasionally use this form in everyday writing. So as usual, it is more complicated than most people think.
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StarSeeker Posted Jul 1, 2014
Hello Gnomon!
I would use IX if I could avoid writing XXXX this way.
Or IM instead of DCCCCLXXXXIIIIIIIII (I hope I got it right)
Anyway, is it even allowed to subtract I from M, or alway just the next smaller number?
I'll see what is on Wikipedia, but never seem to get far...
(I have just tried to 'preview before posting', and everything simply vanished.
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StarSeeker Posted Jul 1, 2014
I've been playing with my calculator, and I found out that, according to the Mayas, I'm Researcher 4/13/15/1/1/11
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StarSeeker Posted Jul 2, 2014
I wouldn't mind if chocolate was used as money.
But I'm sure the consequences would be horrible!
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