Re:How did anyone do math in Roman numerals? (2017)
by kergonath on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:55AM
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MCMLXVII+LXV = MCMLLXXVVII
= MMXXXII
Addition in Roman numerals is dead simple: you do it by just bunching symbols together.
The only difficulty is subtractive notation, which wasn’t really used in Ancient Rome.
Addition in Roman numerals is dead simple: you do it by just bunching symbols together. The only difficulty is subtractive notation, which wasn’t really used in Ancient Rome.