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Roman numerals were used by the Romans as an alternative to Arabic numerals. Some clock faces still use Roman numerals to label the hours from 1 to 12. Roman numerals represent numbers through different combinations of the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D and M. For example, 4 is written as IV, 5 is written as V, and 9 is written as IX.

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Learn Roman Numerals Basics

Roman numerals were used by the Romans as an alternative to Arabic numerals. Some clock faces still use Roman numerals to label the hours from 1 to 12. Roman numerals represent numbers through different combinations of the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D and M. For example, 4 is written as IV, 5 is written as V, and 9 is written as IX.

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Roman numerals

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The numbers you use and write every day are called Arabic numerals.
The Romans had their own set of numbers called Roman numerals.
Some clock faces have Roman numerals instead of the usual numbers 1 to 12.

XII
XI I
X II

IX III

VIII IV
VII V
VI

For 1, 2 and 3 the Romans used I, II and III.


For 5 and 10 they used V and X.
4 was 1 less than 5, so it was IV.
6 was 1 more than 5, so it was VI.
7 was 2 more than 5, so it was VII.
8 was 3 more than 5, so it was VIII. MD
9 was 1 less than 10, so it was IX. CC
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11 was 1 more than 10, so it was XI. XVIII
12 was 2 more than 10, so it was XII.

1 Write the missing Roman numerals in the table.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
I IV V VIII XI

2 Solve the calculations. Give your answers in Roman numerals.

VIII – V = IV + I = XI – II =

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