Basic symbols in Roman Number System
Basic Combinations
Rules to be remembered
- A numeral is a symbol used to represent a number. Our digits 0-9 are often called Arabic numerals.
- There is no symbol of zero in Roman Number System.
- We can't use same symbol more than 3 times in a row. When we place same symbols together, we can just add their values.
- If we place one or more smaller symbols values after the large symbols value, we add the smaller number to the larger number.
- If we place smaller symbols values before the large symbol value, we subtract the smaller number from the larger number.
- Only I, X and C are used for addition and subtraction I can be added or subtracted from V and X only.
- X can be added to or subtracted from L and C only
- C can be added to or subtracted from D and M only
Roman Number Table