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Lisa

Lisa Report 30 Mar 2005 20:33

Help! When it comes to roman numerials i am a bit stupid and never 100% sure if i have got the right number. Could someone tell what IV is please as i don't want to put down the wrong number on the GRO order. Many thanks

Sophie

Sophie Report 30 Mar 2005 20:36

number 4! LMP :)

Researching:
Woods, Davies, Green, Watts, Pratt, Tipping, Aldwin, Seaborne, Jones, Watkins, Quinn, Johnson, Greer, Welsh, Stevens, Kehoe, Ford, Pearce, Hazle, Godwin, Sarney, Read, Murphy, Leonard, etc Hillingdon Area, Middlesex, London, Liverpool, Ireland, Scotland (Dundee/Glasgow), Buckinghamshire

Sophie

Sophie Report 30 Mar 2005 20:38

the V stands for 5 and the I stands for 1, it means 1 before 5; whereas if it said VI that would mean 6 as the I is after the V. A little roman numerals tip for ya! LOL LMP :)

Researching:
Woods, Davies, Green, Watts, Pratt, Tipping, Aldwin, Seaborne, Jones, Watkins, Quinn, Johnson, Greer, Welsh, Stevens, Kehoe, Ford, Pearce, Hazle, Godwin, Sarney, Read, Murphy, Leonard, etc Hillingdon Area, Middlesex, London, Liverpool, Ireland, Scotland (Dundee/Glasgow), Buckinghamshire

David

David Report 30 Mar 2005 20:39

Hi IV is 4 I=1 V=5 x=10 etc. You take off the lesser number if it appears before the larger number, and add it on if appears after. However does anyone know how you write 10,000 in Roman numerals? David

McB

McB Report 30 Mar 2005 20:41

Lisa Three is 111 Four is 1111 Five is V Six is V1 never seen IV so i assume it's six. Brian

Geoff

Geoff Report 30 Mar 2005 20:42

IIII is only 4 on clocks!

Spud Fae Livi

Spud Fae Livi Report 30 Mar 2005 20:45

Brian Ive only saw IIII as four on a clock face with roman numerals.

Lisa

Lisa Report 30 Mar 2005 20:49

Thankyou everyone for your help, feeling a bit silly for not knowing but my brain is just on a go slow with these sort of things!

Sophie

Sophie Report 30 Mar 2005 20:50

I suppose it doesn't matter really, i mean I means 1 so IIII is 4, the quicker way of writing it is just IV in this case is what lisa has seen; but either way it means the number 4! LMP :)

Researching:
Woods, Davies, Green, Watts, Pratt, Tipping, Aldwin, Seaborne, Jones, Watkins, Quinn, Johnson, Greer, Welsh, Stevens, Kehoe, Ford, Pearce, Hazle, Godwin, Sarney, Read, Murphy, Leonard, etc Hillingdon Area, Middlesex, London, Liverpool, Ireland, Scotland (Dundee/Glasgow), Buckinghamshire

Peter

Peter Report 30 Mar 2005 20:51

I =1 V =5 X=10 L =50 C= 100 M= 1000 A low number in frount of a High number means take low from high IV take 1 from 5.=4 XL take 10 from 50=40 XC take 10 from 100=90

David

David Report 31 Mar 2005 21:36

It must have been difficult adding up and doing accounts. But I suppose they had a system? David

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 31 Mar 2005 21:44

Absolutely right, David. Adding up long lists of roman numerals is a complete nightmare. Worryingly, there are some taxation lists which do not add up at all. I've often wondered whether it was incompetence or a con!

Unknown

Unknown Report 1 Apr 2005 06:58

ROMAN NUMERIALS 1111 VERSION IS ONLY EVER APPLIED TO TIMEPIECES.IE CLOCK FACES OR WATCHES,

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 1 Apr 2005 07:35

Lisa, if that is an actual reference, then it should be written as iv, because that IS the ref., using 4 is wrong.(in that instance) Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

David

David Report 1 Apr 2005 09:15

Good Sites Karen. I have emailed them to my daughter who is home educating her cchildren. DAVID

Geoff

Geoff Report 1 Apr 2005 09:38

I remember the freezing milk in the winter. It usually warmed up by the afternoon - I had 19 bottles one day!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 1 Apr 2008 19:34

those were the days when we had REAL cold winters
Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Huia

Huia Report 1 Apr 2008 22:08

What are these last 3 postings about? I was looking at the thread on Roman numerals and came to p2, which is where I now am, but it seems to have changed topic. I cant see any sites listed by Karen on p1. Is there a gremlin in the works?
Huia.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Ceefer

Ceefer Report 1 Apr 2008 22:51

Huia down under.
......LOL .I think there are gremlins in the works

Lynda

Lynda Report 2 Apr 2008 21:57

David,

10,000 in roman numerals would be X with a bar over top. The bar means 'times one thousand'.

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