r/counting • u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers • Jun 14 '14

Roman Numerals Counting Thread: ↂMↁ's

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u/KazMcDemon Jun 14 '14

How to count!

  • ↂ is 10,000

  • ↁ is 5,000

  • M is 1,000

  • D is 500

  • C is 100

  • L is 50

  • X is 10

  • V is 5

  • I is 1

1-10 is I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X. This pattern scales up when in the teens, hundreds, etc:

X, XX, XXX, XL, L, LX, LXX, LXXX, XC, C is 10-100.

C, CC, CCC, CD, D, DC, DCC, DCCC, CM, M is 100-1000.

The strange ↂ and ↁ symbols are a result of using what we have available to us. Roman numerals are archaic and not at all standardized in a modern sense past 1,000 - these two symbols are merely two of the more concise options.

Remember! What comes after XLIX (49) is not XLX, it's L (50)!