 | 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... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...20. In the Roman Notation, seven capital letters are used, viz : I, stands for one ; V, for Jive ; X, for ten; L, for fifty ; C, for one hundred; D, for five hundred; and M, for one thoy,sand. All other numbers are expressed by combining the letters according to the... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...Notation, numbers are expressed by means of seven capital letters, viz: I, V, X, L, C, D, M. I stands for one; V for five; X for ten; L for fifty; C for...one hundred; D for five hundred; M for one thousand, All other numbers are expressed by repeating or combining these letters. 15. In the Arabic Notation,... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...Notation, numbers are expressed by means of seven capital letters, viz. : I, V, X, L, C, D, M. I stands for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C...hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand. Art. 24. All other numbers are expressed by repeating or combining these letters. 1. When a letter... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...thousand three hundred and six. 28. Ninety million ten thousand and fifty-five. LESSON IV. I stands for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C...hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand. Art. 24 All other numbers are expressed by repeating or combining these letters. 1. When a letter is... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 904 pages
...their alphabets to represent numbers. The Romans followed the same method, but In a simpler form, using I, for One ; V, for Five ; X, for Ten ; L. for Fifty; C, forOne Hundred: I), for Five Hundred ; and M, for a thousand. Now It Is evident that with these seven... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...Notation. 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 one hundred ; D, for five hundred ; and M, for one thousand. All other numbers are expressed by combining the letters according to the... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...highest. III. By Letters, called the Roman Notation; this notation employs the seven capital letters ; 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. By this method a number is written and read with direct reference to its successive... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1896 - 786 pages
...employed, called numeral letters. These, standing separately, represent the following numbers, vli., I. for one, V. for five, X. for ten. L. for fifty, C. for one hundred, D. for five hundred, and II. for one thousand. By combinations of these characters, In accordance with the following principies,... | |
 | Amos W. Plummer - Arithmetic - 1898 - 104 pages
...of the decimal point. The Roman notation (developed by the Romans) uses seven capital letters ; as, 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. Different numbers are expressed by the following laws of combination : I. Repeating... | |
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Romans, employs in expressing numbers 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. 
