 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...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 hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. By the different arrangement and repetition of these seven letters, all numbers may be expressed. These... | |
 | W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...Notation is by letters. 2. It employs .seven letters, I, V, X, L, C, D, M. I, represents one; 'V,five; X, ten; L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M., one thousand. 3» No other number can be expressed by single letters alone. 4. When any other number is to be expressed,... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 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. LX. - LXX. LXXX. xc. - c. - cc. - ccc. cccc. D. - DC. - DCC. DCCC. DCCCC. M. - Sixty... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...characters for each rank of classes, they introduced others for fivt, fifty, live hundred, £c. ; as, I, for One; V, Five; X, Ten; L, Fifty; C, One Hundred; D, Five Hundred; and M, a Thousand. Now it is evident that with these seven letters any number may be represented, by... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 358 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, See. ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS. ROMAN TABI.E. ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS. § 1 1. John has three apples... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 274 pages
...two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. In the Roman method of notation by letters, I represents one; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand, &c. As often as any letter is repeated, so many times its value is repeated, unless it be a letter... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...seven capital letters ; viz :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 thousand. To express the intervening numbers from one to a thousand, or any number larger than a thousand, we... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 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. LX. - LXX. LXXX. XC. - C. - CC. - CCC. cccc. D. - DC. - DCC. DCCC. DCCCC. M. - Sixty... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 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. II. IIL IT. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XX. XXX. XL. L. IX LXX. - LXXX. XC. - •... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 432 pages
...employs seven capital letters, viz: 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 thousand. To express the intervening numbers from one to a thousand, or any number larger than a thousand, we... | |
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L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 
