Explain Roman number system


Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome between 900 and 800 B.C.

In this system, they combine seven basic letters to create small and large numbers.

When it is combined in various forms, these seven letters create new numbers.

Their placement is important, as the same letters create an entirely new number when placed in a different order.

Here they are given from smallest to largest:

Roman Numerals Numbers

I 1

V 5

X 10

L 50

C 100

D 500

M 1000

The Hindu–Arabic numeral system or Indo-Arabic numeral system (also called the Arabic numeral system or Hindu numeral system) is a positional decimal numeral system, and is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world.


It was invented between the 1st and 4th centuries by Indian mathematicians. The system was adopted in Arabic mathematics (also called Islamic mathematics) by the 9th century. The system later spread to medieval Europe by the High Middle Ages.


The system is based upon ten (originally nine) glyphs.

0,1,2,3 etc are Hindu-Arabic Numerals.


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