 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1874 - 346 pages
...called Arabic 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; 0, for one hundred ; D, for five hundred ; and M, for one thousand. All other numbers are expressed... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...hundred 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 for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand. Art. 24 All other numbers are expressed by repeating or combining these letters.... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...Roman notation seven capitals are used, I standing for one, V for five, X for ten, L for fifty, С for one hundred, D for five hundred, and M for one thousand. Other numbers are expressed by combining or repeating these seven letters. The value of these combinations... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 904 pages
...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
...called Arabic 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...hundred ; D, for five hundred ; and M, for one thousand. All other numbers are expressed by combining the letters according to the following ROMAN TABLE. I.... | |
 | 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...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 orders, and multiplication... | |
 | 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
...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...hundred, D for five hundred, and M for one thousand. Different numbers are expressed by the following laws of combination : I. Repeating a letter repeats... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1898 - 264 pages
...Roman Notation, numbers are ex pressed by means of seven capital letters, viz. : 1, Vr X, L, G, D, M. I stands for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; С for one hundred; D for five hundred; M for one thousand. Art. 24 All other numbers are expressed... | |
 | Oscar Lynn Kelso - Arithmetic - 1903 - 308 pages
...characters in the expression of numbers : the seven letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, and the bar (—). 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; and the bar (—), when placed over any letter or group of letters, multiplies... | |
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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. 
