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sl8

(16,501 posts)
1. I only recently learned how to add & subtract Roman numerals without converting them first.
Fri May 16, 2025, 08:20 PM
May 16

It's possible I learned this in school, but I'm having a hard time remembering that far back.

https://www.smartick.com/blog/mathematics/addition-and-subtraction/roman-numerals-add/

rzemanfl

(30,537 posts)
2. I am pretty sure I was not taught to do math with Roman numerals
Fri May 16, 2025, 08:25 PM
May 16

back in the fifties.

Bernardo de La Paz

(55,994 posts)
3. Next up, Miller and McMahon will outlaw Arabic numerals in school and business, pretty much everywhere. . . .nt
Fri May 16, 2025, 08:39 PM
May 16

Drum

(10,316 posts)
5. I had chickenpox while in elementary school, and missed the entire period when my class covered these.
Fri May 16, 2025, 10:18 PM
May 16

Alas, I have a blind spot with the Roman numerals

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