Roman numerals are a numeral system of ancient Rome based on letters of the alphabet, which are combined to signify the sum (or in some cases, the difference) of their values. The first ten Roman numerals are:

The Roman numeral system is decimal but not directly positional and does not include a zero. It is a cousin of the Etruscan numerals, and the letters derive from earlier non-alphabetical symbols; over time the Romans came to identify the symbols with letters of the Latin alphabet. The system was modified slightly during the Middle Ages to produce the system used today.

Roman numerals are commonly used in numbered lists (such as the outline format of an article), clock faces, pages preceding the main body of a book, chord triads in music analysis, dated notices of copyright, months of the year, successive political leaders or children with identical names, and the numbering of annual events.

How to Translate Roman Numerals

• If smaller numbers follow larger numbers, the numbers are added.
• If a smaller number precedes a larger number, the smaller number is subtracted from the larger.
  For example, if you want to say 1,100 in Roman Numerals, you would say M for 1000 and then put a C after it for 100; in other words 1,100=MC in Roman Numerals.

Some more examples:

• VIII = 5+3 = 8
• IX = 10-1 = 9
• XL = 50-10 = 40
• XC = 100-10 = 90
• MCMLXXXIV = 1000+(1000-100)+50+30+(5-1) = 1984

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