Explain roman numerals.

Roman numerals originated in Ancient Rome. Like other systems of numerals, Roman numerals used different symbols to represent different numerals. 

In fact, Romans used 7 symbols from the Latin alphabet to represent numerals. 

• “I” was used to represent 1 
• “V” was used to represent five
• “X” was used to represent ten
• Similarly, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, and M = 1000

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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