Categories: uncategorized
Date: 24 August 2007 02:02:27
So I know how to use Roman numerals, and can work out what date a movie was made if I sit there long enough, but I would like to know why they were so verbose with the system.
For example 99 is written as XCIX. I fail to see why IC couldn't be 99. Except that it breaks the rules. But if they'd changed the rules, their number system might still be widely used! Except that it is rather hard to do maths with Roman numerals...
Would certainly give the year 12s something to think about if someone suddenly decreed that all maths exams were to use Roman numerals from now on... hehehe