 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 486 pages
...Thus, XI represents eleven, LX sixty, DC six hundred. 3d. If a Jetter of any value be placed be/on; one of greater value, its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, IX represents nine, XL forty, CD four hundred. 4th. If a letter of any value be placed between two... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...value is to be added to that of the greater. Thus, VI represents 6 ; XV, 15 ; LXX, 70 ; DC, 600. 3. When a letter is placed before one of greater value, its value is taken from that of the greater. Thus, IV represents 4 ; XL, 40 ; CD, 400. 4. A bar ( — ) placed over... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...(1.) When a letter is repented, its value is repeated. (2.) "When a letter is placed before another of greater value, its value is to be taken from that of the greater; thus, IV denotes four. (3.) When a letter is placed after another of greater value, its value is to be added... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...the greater. Thus, XI represents eleven, LX sixty, DC six hundred. 3d. If a letter of any value be placed before one of greater value, its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, IX represents nine, XL forty, CD four hundred. 4th. If a letter of any value be placed between two... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...$300.416 $200.204 $69.69 $75.25 NOTATION AND NUMERATION. 2. When a letter is placed before another of greater value its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, I represents one and V five, but IV represents four; IX, nine; XIX, nineteen; XL, forty; XC, ninety.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...value is to be added to that of the greater. Thus, VI represents 6 ; XV, 15 ; LXX, 70 ; DC, COO. 4- When a letter is placed before one of greater value, its value is taken from that of the greater. Thus, IV represents 4; IX, 9; XL, 40. 5. When a letter of any value... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 470 pages
...the greater. Thus, XI represents eleven, LX sixty, DC six hundred. 3d. If a letter of any value be placed before one of greater value, its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, IX represents nine, XL forty, CD four hundred. 4th. If a letter of any value be placed between two... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...represents 3; XXX, 30; CCC, 300, etc. 2. A letter of less value placed before one of greater takes its value from that of the greater. Thus, IV represents 4 ; IX, 9 ; XL, 40, etc. 3. A letter of less value placed after one of greater adds its value to that of the greater. Thus,... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 222 pages
...XX, twenty; XXX, thirty; C, one hundred; CC, two hundred. 2. When a letter is placed before another of greater value its value is to be taken from that of the greater. Thus, I represents one and V five, but IV represents four ; IX, nine ; XIX, nineteen ; XL, forty ; XC, ninety.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 352 pages
...employs seven capital letters to express numbers. Thus, Letters. I, V, X, L, C, D, M. Values. 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000. All other numbers may be expressed...are to be added to that of the greater. Thus, XIV nepresents 14 ; LIX, 59 ; CXL, 140. V. A bar or dash placed over a letter increases its value one thousand... | |
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If a letter is placed after one of greater value, its value is to be added to that of the greater. Thus, XI represents eleven, LX sixty, DC six hundred. 
