 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...and in numbering chapters and sections of books. 11. It employs seven capital letters; I representing one; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 13. By combining these letters in various ways, all numbers may be expressed, the following principles... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...and in numbering chapters and sections of books. 11. It employs seven capital letters; I representing one; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 13. By combining these letters in various ways, all numbers may be expressed, the following principles... | |
 | Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...Arabians, which is chiefly used in Arithmetic. Arti 3. — The Roman method uses letters for numbers ; as, I, one; V, five; X, ten; L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand. These seven letters repeated or united express all other numbers. If a letter is written before another... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 168 pages
...employs seven capital letters, vk : I, V, X, L, C, D, M. When standing alone, the letter I, denotes one : V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one ttousand. QcssT.—l. What is Arithmetic? What is a single thing called ? If another is put with it,... | |
 | Henry Beadman Bryant, Emerson Elbridge White, Corydon Giles Stowell - Business mathematics - 1872 - 576 pages
...Notation numbers are expressed by one or more of seven capital letters. These letters are I, denoting one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred; M, one thousand. These are called Roman numerals. 48. 1. If any letter is repeated its value is repeated. Ill = three,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...Roman Notation, so called because it was used by the ancient Romans, employs seven letters. I. denotes one ; V., five ; X., ten ; L., fifty ; C., one hundred; D., five hundred; M., one thousand. V resembles the outline of the hand with the five fingers spread. X is two Vs, or fives, joined at... | |
 | David White Goodrich - Ready-reckoners - 1873 - 220 pages
...D, was taken to represent five hundred. Thus the seven letters, with their values, are as follows: I, one; V, five; X, ten; L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 1 2. The principles upon which these letters are combined are five : (1) Repeating a letter eepeats... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1873 - 240 pages
...viz.: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. 24. What does each of these letters express ? The letter I expresses one; V, five; X, ten; L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; and M, one thousand. TABLE. MDCCCLXXII, one thousand, eight hundred, and seventy-two. I denotes one.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...great part of Europe, before the Arabic Notation came into use. It employs seven letters. I. denotes one ; V., five ; X., ten ; L., fifty ; C., one hundred ; D., five hundred ; M., one thousand. V resembles the outline of the hand with the five fingers spread. X is two V's, or fives, joined at... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1874 - 352 pages
...Roman Method of Notation employs seven letters of the Roman alphabet. Thus, I represents one; N,five; X, ten; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. To express other numbers these characters are combined according to the following principles : —... | |
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L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 
