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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMMXDCXLVII or VIIIVIIVVII which is better/easier to understand?
(and yes, I know the "X" is missing the bar on top).
MerryBlooms
(12,436 posts)niyad
(134,339 posts)MerryBlooms
(12,436 posts)niyad
(134,339 posts)ruet
(10,322 posts)2000 40 110 57
v.
7, 8, 5, 7
Are you trying for LXXXVI XLVII?
niyad
(134,339 posts)Ms. Toad
(38,868 posts)In the second, that would be VIIIVIIVVII (What you wrote is 7747 - VII VII IV VII). I think you've got a misplaced I.
niyad
(134,339 posts)UpInArms
(55,465 posts)I always hated the Roman way of accounting
niyad
(134,339 posts)to Texas Instruments calculators!!!
UpInArms
(55,465 posts)The only time I really try to figure it out is the date of publication
niyad
(134,339 posts)mr715
(4,381 posts)DFW
(60,519 posts)Talk about convoluted!
jxla
(271 posts)VIIIVIIVVII = VIII VI IV VII = 8 6 4 7 and LXXXVIXLVII = LXXXVI XLVII = 86 47
but MMXDCXLVII = MM X DC XLVII = 2000 10000 600 47
https://www.tuomas.salste.net/doc/roman/numeri-romani.html
muriel_volestrangler
(106,680 posts)See https://www.cuemath.com/numbers/8000-in-roman-numerals/
so
V̅I̅I̅IDCXLVII
or this says you can use M instead of I̅, which is what your source does
https://mammothmemory.net/maths/numbers/roman-numerals/roman-numerals-from-1000-to-1-million.html
V̅MMMDCXLVII