 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1858 - 288 pages
...letters of the alphabet. (b.) The letters used are I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. (c.) The letter I stands for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty; C for one hundred; D for five hundred; and M for one thousand. (d.) If a "letter is repeated, it indicates that the number for which it stands... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1859 - 334 pages
...ancient Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for jive ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand. All the other numbers are expressed by the use of these letters, either in repetitions or combinations... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 158 pages
...its originating with the ancient Romans, emplpys in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; 0 for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand. All the other numbers are expressed... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1860 - 358 pages
...its originating with the ancient Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; G for one hundred; I) for five hundred; M for one thousand. All the other numbers are expressed by... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...its originating with the ancient Romans] employs in expressing numbers (seven capital letters, viz.: I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty;...one hundred; D for five hundred; M for one thousand^ L By a repetition of a letter, the value denoted by the letter is represented as repeated \ as, XX... | |
 | Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...other ancient nations used letters instead of figures. In the Roman notation the following were used: I for one, V for five, X for ten, L for fifty, C for one hundred. D for five hundred, and M for one thousand; and by combining these, all other numbers were represented. I II Ill IV v VI... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1863 - 600 pages
...the alphabet. The Romans only used seven numeral letters, being the seven following capitals : viz. I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for a hundred ; D for five hundred; M for a thousand. The other numbers they expressed by various repetitions... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 884 pages
...alphabets to represent numbers. The Rom ans fol I o wed the акте method, but In a simpler form, using I, for One ; V, for Five ; X, for Ten ; L, for Fifty ; 0, forOne Hundred : D, for Five Hundred ; and M, for a thousand. Now It Is evident that with these... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 354 pages
...Jactation. ROMAN NOTATION. 20. In the Roman Notation, seven capital letters are used, viz : I, stands for one; V, for five ; X, for ten; L, for fifty; C, for owe hundred; 1), for five hundred; and M, for one thousand. All other numbers are expressed by combining... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1869 - 358 pages
...by certain letters of the alphabet. The Romans made use of only seven capital letters, viz. : I foi one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred, D for flvefhundred ; M for one thousand. The other num bers they expressed by various repetitions and combinationi... | |
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Roman notation employs seven capital letters, viz. : I, for one ; V, for five ; X, for ten ; L, for fifty ; C, for one hundred ; D, for five hundred ; M, for one thousand. The... 
