Name : Rufaro Manyonde

School : Highlands School

Learning Area : Mathematics

Level :Grade 7

Syllabus Topic : Number

Sub Topic : Numeration

Cala Tittle : Use of Roman Numerals

Date : 21 March 2023

Cala Context

Learners find it hard to interpret and repeat numbers in Roman

Numerals

Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome

and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe
well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations
of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value.

Roman numerals originated, as the name might suggest, in ancient

Rome. There are seven basic symbols: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. The first
usage of the symbols began showing up between 900 and 800 B.C. The
numerals developed out of a need for a common method of counting,
essential to communications and trade.

The symbols used in Roman Numerals are:

1. I

2. V

3. X

4. L

5. C

6.D

7.M
Examples of the use of Roman numerals today include the denotation
of book chapters, the title of each year's National Football League
Super Bowl as well as the titles of Summer and Winter Olympics, and
the marking of hours on clock faces.