| 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.... | |
| Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...the 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,... | |
| 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 be a letter representing... | |
| Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...June, 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 ;... | |
| William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...place of units, expresses its simple value, three. The Roman Method is by litters ; thus, I expresses one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. By the different arrangement, and repetition of these seven letters all numbers may... | |
| 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... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Arithmetic - 1834 - 378 pages
...alphabets. (36.) The Roman numeral notation is formed by combinations of the following symbols : — I. . one. V. - five. X. - ten. L. - fifty. C. • . one hundred. D. - five hundred. M. - one thousand. In some cases five hundred is expressed by Ig, and a thousand by CIO. The following... | |
| 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... | |
| James Ferguson (schoolmaster.) - 1840 - 48 pages
...of 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... | |
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