 | John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...ROMAN NOTATION. r , fThe characters used by the Romans to express numbers, were the following, viz. I. One. V. Five. X. Ten. L. Fifty.. C. One hundred. D. Five hundred. M. One thousand I. One X. Ten C. One hundred III. Three XXX. Thirty CCC. Three hundred II. Two XX. Twenty CC. Two hundred... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...Romans were taken out of their alphabet of capital letters, and were -the seven following, viz. I. One ; V. Five ; X. Ten ; L. Fifty; C. one Hundred; D. five Hundred ; M. one Thousand. The intermediate numbers between these were expressed by a repetition of the same, and the sum of their... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...Indian method. * The Roman method makes use of these seven letters, I, V, X, L, C, D, M ; I represents one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, and M one thousand. As often as any letter is repeated, so often its value is repeated ; unless it... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...and November, February hath twenty eightalone, And all the rest have thirty one. NUMERAL LETTERS. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred : D, five hundred; M, ope thousand. • FIGURES. 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; •8,... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - Europe - 1854 - 418 pages
...says, have a twofold signification, according as they stand alone or combined. Thus I alone signifies one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. He then proceeds to give the value of these signs in composition, and of certain arbitrary marks from... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - Europe - 1834 - 438 pages
...twofold signification, according as they stand alone or combined. Thus I alone signifies one, V Jive, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. He then proceeds to give the value of these signs in composition, and of certain arbitrary marks from... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...numbers, called the Roman. In this method the numbers are represented by letters. The letter I stands for one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred, &c. ROMAN TABLE I. .... One LX Sixty II. .... Two LXX. - - - Seventy HI. - - - Three LXXX. - - - Eighty... | |
 | Smith Bartlett Goodenow - English language - 1839 - 156 pages
...signs, such as Sf, ffc. CLASSES OF ABBREVIATIONS. 360. (i.) To represent numbers by Roman characters. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 361. As many times as a letter is repeated, the value is repeated ; as, II, two ; XXX, thirty. 362.... | |
 | James Ferguson (schoolmaster.) - 1840 - 48 pages
...by the Romans, were, taken out of their Alphabet of Capital Letters and were the following, viz. I. one ; V. five ; X. ten ; L. fifty ; C. one hundred ; D. five hundred ; M. one thousand. Mankind at first began to count with their fingers, they told as far as five with one hand, then adding... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...standing in the place of units, expresses its simple value three. The Roman Method is by letters ; thus, I expresses one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one...may be expressed. These letters express only simple yalue. As often as the same letter is repeated, its value is repeated ; thus, X represents ten, and... | |
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L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 
