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- I = 1 V = 5
- X = 10 L = 50
- C = 100 D = 500
- M = 1000
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- 4 = IV 8 = VIII
- 19 = XIX 44 = XLIV
- 49 = XLIX 51 = L
- 88 = LXXXVIII 89 = LXXXIX
- 109 = CIX 444 = CDLXIV
- 888 = DCCCLXXXVIII 1001 = MI
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- (The Romans used a bar _ over a V, X, L, C,
- D and M to indicate 1000 times that number.
- Here _V stands for 5000, _X for 10000.)
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