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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFun with Roman Numerals
LXXXVI XLVII surprising how they come back to you.
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rzemanfl
May 16
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I only recently learned how to add & subtract Roman numerals without converting them first.
sl8
May 16
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Next up, Miller and McMahon will outlaw Arabic numerals in school and business, pretty much everywhere. . . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 16
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sl8
(16,501 posts)1. I only recently learned how to add & subtract Roman numerals without converting them first.
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
back in the fifties.
ret5hd
(21,423 posts)4. 950's or 1050's?
rzemanfl
(30,537 posts)7. 450's I think.
I forget who the emperor was. Pretty sure it was CE
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
Drum
(10,316 posts)5. I had chickenpox while in elementary school, and missed the entire period when my class covered these.
Alas, I have a blind spot with the Roman numerals
electric_blue68
(21,493 posts)6. Took me sec 😄👍
bif
(25,554 posts)8. Pretty subtle!
rzemanfl
(30,537 posts)9. I figured the gestapo computers
would only look for Arabic numbers.