Roman Numerals Chart
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Roman Numerals Chart Table of Equivalent Numbers
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Roman numerals chart shows how letters are used in place of numbers. Numbers
are formed by stringing numerals together to add up to the number required.
Thankfully the Romans did not have a telephone system. Phone numbers
perfectly illustrate a major weakness Roman numerals had compared to Arabic
numbers such as the need to represent the number zero. Our list page matches
arabic and Roman numbers together up to 2016.
Download and print a chart image for learning teaching and testing.
The Principles/Rules of Roman numerals
1. Write numerals left to right, with the largest numeral first
2. The largest numeral possible is used at each stage
3. No more than three instances of same adjacent numeral. Occasionally
number 4 is written not as IV but as IIII to add symmetry and balance to a
watch or clock face
4. A smaller numeral such as I or X placed before a larger one has the effect
of minus thus IV is one less then five, or four. This is called the subtraction
principle and only one numeral can be placed to the left. The small numeral
must be a power of ten: I, X or C; (1, 10 or 100)
Roman Numerals Chart
Units
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
One
One
I
One
1
X
Ten
10
C
100
M
1000
hundred
thousand
Two
Two
II
Two
2
XX
Twenty
20
CC
200
MM
2000
hundred
thousand
M
Three
Three
III
Three
3
XXX
Thirty
30
CCC
300
M
3000
hundred
thousand
M
M
Four
M
Four
IV
Four
4
XL
Forty
40
CD
400
4000
hundred
M
thousand
M
M
M
Five
Five
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