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" L, fifty; C, one hundred; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. "
Europe During the Middle Ages ... - Page 117
by Samuel Astley Dunham - 1854
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Practical Arithmetic: In Four Books ... Extracted from the Large and Entire ...

John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...ROMAN NOTATION. r , fThe characters used by the Romans to express numbers, were the following, viz. I. One. V. Five. X. Ten. L. Fifty.. C. One hundred. D. Five hundred. M. One thousand I. One X. Ten C. One hundred III. Three XXX. Thirty CCC. Three hundred II. Two XX. Twenty CC. Two hundred...
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The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful ...

Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...Romans were taken out of their alphabet of capital letters, and were -the seven following, viz. I. One ; V. Five ; X. Ten ; L. Fifty; C. one Hundred; D. five Hundred ; M. one Thousand. The intermediate numbers between these were expressed by a repetition of the same, and the sum of their...
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The Practical Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers ...

Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...Indian method. * The Roman method makes use of these seven letters, I, V, X, L, C, D, M ; I represents one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, and M one thousand. As often as any letter is repeated, so often its value is repeated ; unless it...
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A selection of moral lessons, natural history, Bible lessons, and poetry

Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...and November, February hath twenty eightalone, And all the rest have thirty one. NUMERAL LETTERS. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred : D, five hundred; M, ope thousand. • FIGURES. 1, one ; 2, two ; 3, three ; 4, four ; 5, five ; 6, six ; 7, seven ; •8,...
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A New System of Arithmetick: In which the Rules are Familiarly Demonstrated ...

William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...place of units, expresses its simple value, three. The Roman Method is by litters ; thus, I expresses one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. By the different arrangement, and repetition of these seven letters all numbers may be expressed. These...
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A History of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 4

Samuel Astley Dunham - Europe - 1834 - 438 pages
...knowledge. Having dwelt at some length on numbers expressed at full length in language, from mint: to mille, the master proceeds to discuss the seven...stand alone or combined. Thus I alone signifies one, V Jive, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. He then proceeds to give the value...
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Mental and Practical Arithmetic

Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...numbers, called the Roman. In this method the numbers are represented by letters. The letter I stands for one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred, &c. ROMAN TABLE I. .... One LX Sixty II. .... Two LXX. - - - Seventy HI. - - - Three LXXX. - - - Eighty...
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A Systematic Text-book of English Grammar: On a New Plan : with Copious ...

Smith Bartlett Goodenow - English language - 1839 - 156 pages
...signs, such as Sf, ffc. CLASSES OF ABBREVIATIONS. 360. (i.) To represent numbers by Roman characters. I, one ; V, five ; X, ten ; L, fifty ; C, one hundred ; D, five hundred ; M, one thousand. 361. As many times as a letter is repeated, the value is repeated ; as, II, two ; XXX, thirty. 362....
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A collection of arithmetical tables

James Ferguson (schoolmaster.) - 1840 - 48 pages
...by the Romans, were, taken out of their Alphabet of Capital Letters and were the following, viz. I. one ; V. five ; X. ten ; L. fifty ; C. one hundred ; D. five hundred ; M. one thousand. Mankind at first began to count with their fingers, they told as far as five with one hand, then adding...
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Ruger's Arithmetick, with Questions and Answers: A New System of Arithmetick ...

William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...place of units, expresses its simple value three. The Roman Method is by letters ; thus, I expresses one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C one hundred, D five hundred, M one thousand. By the different arrangement and repetition of these seven letters, all numbers may be expressed. These...
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